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ENACTMENTS, &c. 



ACT ESTABLISHING THE UNIVERSITY. 

[Passed January 25, 1819.] 

1. Be it declared by the General Assembly of Virginia, That the <^°^''^>/"" °^ 
'' J J b ^ lands, &c. from 

conveyance of the lands and other property appertaining to the Cen- central college in 

Albemarle, accep- 
tral College in the county of Albemarle, which has been executed ted. 

by the Proctor thereof, under authority of the subsciibers and foun- 
ders, to the President and Directors of the Literary Fund, is hereby 
accepted, for the use, and on the conditions in the said deed of con- 
veyance expressed. 

University of Vir- 
8. And be it enacted, That there shall be established, on the site ^\ni,, established 

provided for the said college, an University, to be called, The Uni- j,„. pyjfi'collefro. 

versity of Virmnia : that it shall be under the eovernment of seven p"^^''^" visiiors to 
•' "' ° ■' '* be appoinied by 

visitors to be appointed forthwith by the Governor, with tlie advice of ExccuUve. 
Council, notifying thereof the persons so appointed, and prescribing 
to them a day for their first meeting at the said University, with sup- 
plementary instructions for procuring a meeting subsequently, in the 

event of failure at the time first appointed.' 

„ m • 1 • • r 1 • • 1 11 '^"^ empowered 

3. 1 HE said visitors, or so many or ihem as, being a majority, shall to appoint a vector 

attend, shall appoint a rector, of their own body, to preside at their otlier Yuiio^to be 
meetings, and a secretary to record, attest, and preserve their proceed- Performed by 
ings, and shall proceed to examine into the state of the property 
conveyed as aforesaid ; shall make an inventory of the same, speci- 
fying the items whereof it consists ; shall notice tl-.e buildings and other 
mproveraents already made, and those which are in progress ; shall 
lake measures for their completion, and for the addition of such 
others, from lime to time, as may be necessary. 

4. In the said University shall be taught the Latin, Greek and He- J^^^^ ^„ be tau<Tht 



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in tks UniT«rsity. brevf language*, Fiench, Spanish, Italian, German and Anglo-Saxon, 
the different branches of mathematics, pure and physical ; na- 
tural philosophy ; the principles of agriculture ; chemistry ; mine- 
ralogy, including geology; botany; zoology; anatomy; medicine; 
civil government ; political economy ; the law of nature and na- 
tions ; municipal law ; history ; ideology; general grammar ; ethics; 

fessors!^ ° ^^°' rhetoric ; and belles lettres ; which branches of science shall 
be so distributed, and under so many professors, not exceeding ten? 
as the visitors shall think proper and expedient. 

Their eompenna- 5. Each professor shall be allowed the use of the apartments and 

'°"" accommodations provided for him, and those first employed, such 

standing salary as the visitors shall think proper and sufficient, and 
their successors such standing salary, not exceeding one thousand 
dollars, as the visitors shall think proper and sufficient, with such tu- 
ition fees from each student, as the visitors shall from time to time 

establish. 
PoweriofTiiitors. 6- The s3,id visitors shall be charged with the erection, preserva- 
tion and repair of the buildings, the care of the grounds and appur- 
tenances, and of the interests of the Univeisify generally : they shall 
have power to appoint a bursar, employ a proctor, and all other ne- 
cessary agents ; to appoint and remove professors, two thirds of the 
whole number of visitors voting for the removal ; to prescribe their 
duties, and the course of education, in conformity with the law ; to 
establish rules for the government and discipline of the students, not 
contrary to the laws of the land ; to regulate the tuition fees, and the 
rent of the dormitories occupied ; to prescribe and control the duties 
and proceedings of all officers, servants and others, with respect to 
the buildings, lands, appurtenances and other property, and interests 
of the University ; to draw from the Literary Fund such monies as 
are by law charged on it for this institution ; and, in geaeral, to di- 
rect and do all matters and things which, not being inconsistent with 
the laws of the land, to them shall seem most expedient, for promo- 
ting the purposes of the said institution ; which several functions 
they shall be free to exercise in the form of by-laws, rules, resolu- 
tions, orders, instructions, or otherwise, as they shall deem proper. 
Their meetings, 7. They shall have two stated meetings in every year ; to wit, on 

when and where -^ g ^ aiondavs of April and October ; and occasional meetinga at 
to be held, and j l i ii • u J. 

how efmitituted. gueh other times as they thai! appoint, or on a special call; with «ucii 



I • notice as themselves shall prescribe by a general rule ; which meet- 
ings shall be at the University ; a majority of them constituting a 

quorum for business ; and on the death, resignation of a member, or 

_ ., „ , r 1 • 1 i r ii Vacancies amonir 

failure to act for the space of one year, or on his removal out oi the ji,^.^ to be suppU- 

Commonwealth, or by the Governor, with the advice of Council, the ^^ ^^ Executive. 
Governor with like advice shall appoint a successor. 

8. The said rector and visitors shall be a body corporate ; under ^^^^ ^^ j^^ ^ ^^^ 

the style and title of The Rcclor and Visitors of the University of corporate. 

■' J J J Their powers aa 

Virginia, with the right, as such, to use a common seal ; they shall such. 
have capacity to plead and be impleaded in all courts of justice, and 
in all cases interesting to the University, which may be subjects of 
legal cognizance and jurisdiction ; which pleas shall not abate by 
the determination of their office, but shall stand revived in the name 
of their successors ; and they shall be capable in law, and in trust 
for the University, of receiving subscriptions and donations real and 
personal, as well from bodies corporate, or persons associated, as 
from private individuals. 

9. And the said rector and visitors shall, at all times, conform to To be governed 

by laws enacted by 
such laws as the Legislature may, from time to time, think proper to Legislature, and 

, _ , . , , ,, • 1 TT ■ -i I II • n in all tilings sub- 

enact for their government ; and the said University shall, in a" ject to its control. 

things, and at all times, be subject to the control of the Legislature, l^eports to b« 

° ' 1 J o made by them to 

And the said rector and visitors of the University of Virginia shall be, President and Di- 
rectors of the Li- 
and they are hereby required to make report, annually, to the Presi- tjrary Fund, 

dent & Directors of the Literary Fund, (to be laid before the Legisla- 
ture at their next succeeding session,) embracing a full account of 
the disbursements, the funds on hand, and a general statement of the 
condition of the said University. 

10. The said board of visitors, or a majority thereof, by nomina- S"eqm?ed U)""' 

tion of the board, shall, once in every vear at least, visit the said Uni- ^'^''^ ^''® Umverst- 

•' ' ty once a year at 

versity ; enquire into the proceedings and practices thereat ; exam- least. 

Their powers and 
ine tJie progress of the students, and give to those who excel in any duties on such oc- 

branch of science, there taught, such honorary marks and testimonies 

of approbation as may encourage and excite to industry and emula- 

^ tion. 

' 11. OiT every twenty-ninth of February, or, if that be Sunday, then Appointments of 

, V J 1 ^ ,. , . visitors to be made 

on ttie next, or earliest day thereafter, on which a meeting can be ef- every twenty- 
fected, the Governor and Council shall be in session, and shall ap- "i^Jv.'^^^"^ ^^^' 



point visitors of the said University, either the same or others, at their 
discretion, to serve until the tv?enty-ninth day of February next en- 
suing, duly, and timely notifying to thera their appointment, and pre- 
scribing a day for their first meeting at the University ; after which* 
their meetings, stated and occasional, shall be as herein-before pro- 
Powers of visitors vided : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall suspend 
of central college, '^ '■ 

until first actual the proceedings of the visitors of the said Central College of Albe- 
meeting of their 

Buccessors. marie; but for the purpose of expediting the objects of said institu- 

tion, they shall be authorised, under the control of the Governor and 
Council, to continue the exercise of their functions, and fulfil those 
of their successors, until the first actual meeting of their said succes- 
sors. 



SUBSEatll^NT ACTS 
CONCERNING THE UNIVERSITY. 

[Passed loth February, 1823.] 

Rector and Visi- 1. Be it enacted, That the Rector and Visitors of the University 

when to 're^pot^t.'^' ^^ Virginia, shall hereafter make their annual report, to the President 

and Directors of the Literary Fund, on or before the first Monday in 

December in each year, to be laid before the General Assembly at the 

commencement of each session. 

Regulation con- ^ t, -^ r .r . f rr^i i -.-••, r , • i 

cerning visitors ^- H^ tt jurther enacted, I hat whensoever any Visitor oi the said 

J'I'.°« *° P^'^'^''" University, shall have failed to perform the duties of his office for 
duties ot omce. • ' 

twelvemonths, it shall be the duty of the board, at their next meeting 
after the expiration of the said twelve months, to enter such failure 
in the minutes of their proceedings ; and, if no sufficient cause for 
such failure be shewn to the board, they shall cause it to be certified 
to the executive, that the seat of such Visitor is vacated, in order that 
the vacancy may be supplied : But, if sufficient cause for such failure be 
shewn to the said board, at any lime before they shall have certified 
the same to the executive as aforesaid, the seat of such Visitor shall 
not thereby be vacated. If, however, so many of the said Visitors 
shall, at any time, fail to perform duty for one whole year, as not to 
leave a quorum to form a board without them, it shall be the duty of 
the Rector to certify such failure to the executive ; and thereupon 



the seats of such Visitors shall be vacated, and the executir* shall 
proceed to fill the vacancies. 



[Passed March 7th, 1827.] Meeting of Visi- 

le it enacted, That instead of the stated raeeting-s of the Visi- ^^^^ ^ ®° *° 
tors of the University on the first Mondays in April and October, ai 
heretofore prescribed by law, the stated meetings shall be held at such 
times, not less than once in each year, as the Visitors shall from tima 
to time prescribe.* 

[Pagsed March 8th, 1827.] 

Be it enacted, That the Executive be, and they are hereby au- Executive to lend 

arms for the uia 
thorised to loan to any person who may be authorised by the Visitors of the CniveiBitj. 

of the University of Virginia to open a school of military instruction 
at the University, a number of muskets not exceeding one hundred : 
Provided, The said person shall give bond and security for the pre- 
servation and return of the said arms, when required by the Execu- 
tive ; the arms to be hereby loaned, to be of the smallest calibre. 



[Passed January 9th, 1S29.] 

Be it enacted, That the Visitors of the University of Virginia, 

«r a majority of them, at their future meetings, in the absence of the R«ctor pio tam- 

pore authorised to 
Rector, may appoint a Rector pro tempore ; and the proceedings of be appointed. 

the said Visitors and Rector so appointed, shall be as valid in all re- 
spects, as if the Rector was present. 



[Passed January 15, 1828.] 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the Executive of 

this Commonwealth be, and they are hereby authorised and required, 

upon the application or order of the Rector and Visitors of the Uni- 

Tersity of Virginia, to deliver to the librarian of the said University, to Boot, ^nd map» 

be deposited therein, for the use of the same, and to the President S^^°^ *° ^^^ Uni- 

j Ti/r' T. n versity, and Col- 

and Masters, or Professors of William and Mary College, for the use lege of William 

and Mary. 

^^.*7^t regular meeting of the Visitors, has been fixed by them to be hold oa 
lb» JOthof July, annually ; or if that be Sunday, on the next day 



thereof, copies of Hening's Statutes at Large, the Revised Code, Re- 
ports of the Supreme Court of Appeals, the sheet Acts, and Journsls 
of the Legislature, and any other books and maps, which now are, or 
may hereafter be, published under the authori^v of tb^ <3*ot^ 



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CHAPTER I. 



OFFICERS, &e. 

Section 1. — Chairman and Faculty. 

1. There sliall be a Chairman of tbc Faculty, who shall be annually ji„pointad- 
appointed by the Visitors of the University, from among the Profes- 
sors. He shall receive for the services required of him, a salary of five His salary, 
hundred dollars per anmcm, to be paid quarterly out of the funds of 

the University. 

2. The Chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the Univer- His dutiei 
sity ; and as such, charged with superintending the execution of all 

laws made for its government. A faithful and vigilant execution of 
this duty is solemnly enjoined upon him, as indispensable to discipline 
and good police. 

3. The Proctor and all subordinate agents shall be subject to his ^'JJ^tohifc^nJJjIl! 
control in the execution of their respective duties. 

4. He shall convene the Faculty, whenever he thinks the interests Shall convene Fa- 
„ , . . . . . , , , • 1 11 1 1 J culty, when. 

of the institution require it, and whenever else it shall be requested 

by any two Professors. 

5. He shall preside at all meetings of the Faculty when present ; Shall preside at 

meetings of the 
and, having a vote as Professor, he shall have a casting vote as Faculty. 

Chairman, when the votes of the Professors pro and con are equal. 

6. In his absence from the meetings of the Faculty, a Chairman Chairman pro. 
pro tempore shall be appointed to preside. In his absence from the pointed. 
University, and in case of his disability from sickness or otherwise* 

the Faculty may appoint a Chairman pr o temfore, charged with the 
performance of all his duties. 

7. When the Chairman shall believe that a student has coramitted Chairman may 

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suspend student any offence which should be tried before the Faculty, lie shall have 

*' "^'^ ■ power to suspend such student ; and, in case of emergency, forbid him 

access within the precincts, till a Board can be convened for his trial : 

provided, that no such suspension or restraint shall be for a longer 

time than two weeks, if a Board can be convened within that time. 

May inflict minoi 8. The Chairman, when he shall deem any offence committed by 

sus^pension not ex- a student deserving only a minor punishment, or suspension and in- 

ceeding 2 ^^eeks, terdiction from the precincts not exceeding two weeks, may, of his 
of his own author- ^ ^ 

ity. own authority, inflict such punishment, without convening the Facul- 

ty, or consulting them in relation thereto. 

Shall lay before 9. It shall be the duty of the Chairman, from time to time, to lay 

the Faculty such " . . . 

informatiori as he before the Faculty all such intormation as, in his opm;ou, the inte- 

eems impor aiu. ^^^^^^ of the University may require, and promptly to bring to their at- 

And shall bring Mention all such offences against the laws as he may deem proper for 
before them such ° j l i 

offences as he their animadversion, especially all such as he may deem deserving 

thinks proper for 

their aniraadver- major punishments. In the performance of this duty, the Chairman 

shall be amenable to the Visitors alone for the exercise of a sound 

discretion. 

Shall keep a jour- jq. The Chairman shall keep a regular iournal of his proceedings, 
nal of his proceed- raj i o ^ 

ings. to be, at all times, open to the inspection of the Executive Committee, 

Shall note all of. ^"^ ^° ^^ ^^^^ before the Visitors at their meetings. — In it, he shall 
him &r^°'^'^'^ ^^ "°^^ all offences reported to him by others, with the name of the person 
giving the information, and the measures taken by him in consequence 
thereof. A mild and paternal, yet firm and inflexible execution of the 
laws, is earnestly enjoined on him ; admitting no exemption from the 
operation of general laws, no excuse for their habitual disregard, and 
being indulgent to those violations only which are casual, and pro- 
ceed from no design to offend. 

At meetings of 11. At meetings of the Faculty of Professors, on matters within 

FacultV! a majori- ° •' ' 

ty to constitute a their functions, a majority of the members shall make a quorum for 

quorum. 

Faculty may ap- business. They may appoint a Secretary of their own body or other- 
wise, who shall keep a journal of their proceedings, and lay the same 
before tfaeBoard of Visitors, at their first ensuing meeting, and when- 
ever else required. The compensation to such Secretary shall be fif- 

His compensation. ^ 

ty dollars yearly, payable from the funds of the University. 
Duty of Professors 12. It is the duty of the Professors and Demonstrator, promptly to 
to Chdrmlm '&c^ communicate to the Chairman all offences against the enactmeat, 



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which come to their knowledge, and to interpose to prevent any such 
otlences in their presence. And it is the earnest request and recom- 
mendation of the Rector and Visitors, to the Faculty, that, so far as 
can be effected by their exertions, they cause the statutes and rules 
enacted for the government of the University to be exactly and strict- 
ly observed. 

13. The Faculty may, at pleasure, call upon the Chairman for in- May call upon the 
form:ition touching any subject proper for their deliberations, and it formation. 

will be his duty to communicate it, if in his power, or to assign to 
them the reasons which induce him to think that the interests of the 
University require that it should be withheld ; but the Faculty can 
in no case proceed to punish or to try an offence, not brought before 
them by the Cliairman. 

14. The Professors shall be permitted to occupy, rent free, a pa- Their compensa- 
vilion, each, with the grounds appropriated to it ; they shall also re- ' 

ceive, from the funds of the University, such compensation as shall 
have been stipulated by the agent, or fixed by the Board ; and, from 
each student attending them, tuition fees as hereinafter declared. 
The Professors shall permit no waste to be committed in their tene- 
ments, and shall maintain the internals of their pavilions, and also 
the windows, doors, and locks, external, during their occupation, in 
as good repair and condition as they shall have received them.* 

15. Each Professor shall be at liberty to occupy the dormitories ^^.^y occupy dor 
,...,- ... . , - , , . , iiiilories adjoining 

adjommg his pavilion, or either ot them; he paying the rent and pavilion?. 

making the repairs required of students occupying dormitories, 

16. The Professors, Tutors, and all Officers of the University, shall ^^^^^ reside with- 

, . , ' ,. , TT • . « . in the University, 

reside constantly in the apartments ot the University, or of its pre- 
cincts, assigned to them. 

17. The collegiate duties of a Professor, if discharged conscien- Shall engage in 
tiously, with industry and zeal, being sufficient to engross all his hours of emolument * 
of business, he shall engage in no other pursuits of emolument y-^^°"^''°"^^"'°^ 
unconnected with the service of the University, without the consent 

of the Visitors. 

13. The Board of Visitors, considering that it will be for the bene- Piofessor of Medi- 



* The Professors are also responsible for the cleanliness of their tenements, 
and the grounds in their occupation. For enactment on the subject, see 
Chap. 3. 



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eine may practise fit of the school of Medicine, that its Professor should have opportu- 

regularly within 

the precincts, and nities of keeping in mind, to a certain degree, the practical parts of 

physician elsef ^^^ profession, and of acquiring, moreover, a knowledge of the pecu- 
'^^"^ liai'ities of disease incident to our climate and country, are of opinion, 

that, besides habitual practice ^vithin the precincts of the University, 
he be permitted also to act as a consulting physician elsewhere ; so 
timing these vocations, however, as not to interrupt the regular busi- 
ness of the school. 
Reduction of Pro- 19- Whenever a reduction shall be made in the salary of any Pro- 
fessors sa^Y^^ fessor, it shall operate only from the commencement of the session 
operate. next after it shall have been made. And no Professor shall be at li- 

Resignations of berty to resign his office, without the leave of the Board, unless such 

Professors, how ... 

jna(je. resignation be made at the end of the session, and after at least three 

months' notice shall have been given, in writing, to the Rector, by the 

Professor, that he intends unconditionally to vacate his office at the 

end of the session. 



Section 2. — Proctor. 

_ h ir ve ^' The Proctor shall give bond, with good security, in the penalty 

bond and securiiyi ^f ten thousand dollars, payable to theRector and Visitors of the Uni- 
versity, and conditioned for the performance of all the duties of his 
office. 
Bond must bo ap- ^- '^'^^^ bond, given during the sitting of the Board of Visitors, 
proved by the jjjugt be approved by the Board ; and, given during their recess, must 

Board of Visitors rr j 530 5 j 

—or by executi?© be approved by the Executive Committee, and their approbation en- 
eomnaitte^. 

dorsed on the back of the bond. When thus given and approved, it 

shall be filed by the Secretary with the papers of the Board, and care- 
fully preserved. 

Shall be valid, tho' 3. If any bond be given by the Proctor, otherwise than is herein 

not given con- ■ ^ ■, t ^^ 

formably tothedi- provided, and delivered to the Visitors, their Secretary, or other a- 

gent ; and the Proctor afterwards actually proceed to execute the du- 
ties of his office, or any of them ; the bond shall be deemed good and 
But Proctor shall ^^^id to bind the Proctor and his surety or sureties, and their repre- 
les/a pr°o7er'bond ^^^^^^i^^j according to the legal import of the terms thereof ; though 
he five*. the Proctor himself, as soon as the variance of his bond from the re- 



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qiiisilions of tljis enactment may be discovered, shall be removed IVom 
office, eitlier by the Board, in session, or by the Executive Committee, 
in the recess of the Board, unless a pro;)er bond be forthwith "iv- 
cn. 

4. Vacancies in the office of Proctor, occurring during the recess Vncancics in tiie 
of the Board, may be filled by appointment under the hands and seals occiarring in re' 
of the Executive Committee, subject to the approval or disapproval of *^^^^' 

the Board, at their ensuing meeting. 

5. The Proctor shall be, ex o^rio, master of police, and inspector Proctor "s duties, 
of the buildings, lands and other property of the University. He shall p,jiicc 

keep a constant superintendence over all the property ; and at least f'^^^P^ctor of build- 
once a week, inspect all the dormitories, and once a month, all the 
hotels of the University ; and shall report to the Chairman of the shall report allin- 
Facultv, all injuries which he shall discover, with the name of the •'•"'''V" .''°^T''°' 
occupant of the property injured, and of the person, if known, who '"^"• 
did the injury. The information so reported to the Chairman, shall 
be laid by him before the Faculty ; and they shall assess upon the oc- 
cupant of the property, or upon the offender, if he be a student or 
other member of the University, such fine for the injury, not exceeding 
double the sum required to repair it, as they shall deem proner. The 
fine so assessed shall be collected by the Proctor, and accounted for 
by him to the Bursar. 

6. He shall cause the most scrupulous cleanliness to be preserved, siiall cause clean- 
in all the grounds and tenements of the University. He shall employ ^^^^^^^ " ° ^^^' 
the laborers of the University in preserving the cleanliness of all the 

grounds and tenements not in the occupation of the Professors and 
Hotel-keepers,* in keeping the drains and gutters clean and in repair, 
in causing suitable depositories to be prepared for the reception of 
the sweepings and offal from the tenements of. the Professors and Ho- 
tel-keepers, and in daily removing such sweepings and offal, when so 
deposited. 

7. The Proctor is charged with the duty, at all times, of prevent- Shall prevent vio- 

1, • , • /. I 1 <- . TT • ■ , 1 1 lationsof the laws, 

ing ail violations ot the laws of the University by students or others, ond trespasses and 

of preventing trespasses and intrusions on the property of the Uni- "^ fusions on 



^ Prcfessors and Hotel-keepers are required lo preserve the cleanliness of 
Ihp.ir own grounds and tenements. See Chapter 3. 



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property of ilie U. versitv, real and personal, and of recovering its possession from any 
uivGrsity. 

person who shall improperly withhold the same. To this end, he is 

required to be vigilant in observing all violations of the law, all tres- 
passes and intrusions, and prompt in reporting them tothe Chairman, 
— to lay before the civil anthority. and communicate to the proper 
law officer, whenever required by the Chairman, such information as 
he may at any time have, and as may be calculated to prevent or 
punish breaches of the peace, trespasses and misdemeanors, within 
the precincts of the University ; and instantly to expel from the pre- 
cincts all idle or suspicious intruders, who may be found lurking 
within them, without ostensible business and good cause.. 

Shall superintend 8. The Proctor is also charged with the duty of superintending 
all buildings. ,,,.,,.. ,. , ,t ; . i • i , 

all buildings m progress lor the University, and seeing that they are 

faithfully executed ; of making all contracts for the University 
authorised by their laws ; of settling accounts with contractors and 
undertakers, and drawing in their favor on the Bursar for monies due 
to them ; of hiring laborers for the University, within the limit allowed 
by the laws, and superintending and directing the employment of 
their labor *, of collecting and paying over to the Bursar all money 
due to the University from any with whom he shall have entered into 
contracts ; and of doing such other acts, as are now, or maybe here- 
after specially required of him, by other enactments or resolutions of 
the Visitors. 

^, ,, . , . 9. The Proctor shall issue his warrants to the Bursar, from time 

Shall issue his ' 

■warrants to the ^q time, to receive all monies due from students. Hotel-keepers and 

Bursar, to receive 

monies due from others, whether for rents, fines, assessments or otherwise, stating in 

each warrant, the exact amount to be received, and on what account 

.Shall open an ac- ^^^ . ^^^ j^g glj^^l] ^^^^ ^n account in his books against the Bursar, 

■•count against the 

Bursar. in which he shall enter to his debit al! warrants drawn in his favor, 

Shall keep an ac- ^"^ ^'^ his credit all warrants drawn upon him. He shall moreover 

count of all mo- |,gg ^ regular account in his books of all monies paid to the Patron 

nies paid to the ^ =" 

Patron by the stu- by the students, as evidenced by the receipts returned to him. Both 

These accounts to of these accounts, embracing the transactions of the preceding year, 

Visuirs^'^"'^ ^^'^ shall be fairly copied and laid before the Visitors on the first day of 

each annual meeting of the Board. 

Buildings and Buildincrs and grounds for the accommodation of himself and fami- 

.wgnod him. ^ ^^' ly sliall be assigned to the Proctor, from time to time, by the Executive 



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Committee, free of rent, subject to tlie control of the Board ; Jic 
maintaining the buildings, grounds and inclosures in good repair, 
but not being answerable for the destruction of the buildings by un- 
avoidable accidents from tempests or fire. 

10. He shall receive a compensation for his services, of one thou- niscompensation. 
sand dollars jjer annum, payable quarterly, as the salaries of the o- 
ther officers are paid. 



Section 3. — Fatron. 

1. A Patron of the Students of the University siiall be hereafter ap- ^ Patron shall be 

appointed, 
pointed, for the purpose of receiving and administering the funds to 

be expended by them wliile at the University ; who, before he enters 
upon the duties of his office, shall give bond, with good security, in a ijoud and secant v. 
penalty of twenty thousand dollars, payable to the Rector and Visi- 
tors of the University, conditioned well and truly to account for and 
pay to them entitled to receive it, all moniesor other funds which may 
come to his hands by virtue or by colour of his office, and faithfully 
to discharge all the duties of his office. 

2. Such bond shall be given, approved and preserved in like man- po^j jj^w (riven, 
ner as the bond required from the Proctor, and shall, in like manner, 

be valid and binding, though not taken according to the requisitions 
of this enactment.* 

3. The Patron shall be appointed by the Board, or in their recess, The Patron^ how 

by the Executive Committee, by writing under their hands and seals ; "^^^'^ 

and vacancies occurring during the recess of the Board, may be filled 

1 • 1111 11,.. T^ -^ Vacancies during 

by appomtment under the hands and seals of the Executive Committee^ the recess of the 

subject to the approval or disapproval of the Board, at their ensuing ^°'^'""' '°^ ® • 

meeting. 

4. He shall be the Patron of all students resident within the pre- Be shall be the 
cincts, for the purpose of receiving and administering the funds to gttidents resident. 

he expended by them, while at the University.t within the pre - 

•' ' cinctg. 



* See pa. 12 — fertile provisions on this subject relating to the bond of the 
Proctor, the same having been enacted in relation to that of the Patron. 

t The enactments requiring the students to deposit their funds with the Pa- 
tron, and prescribing the mode by which tliis regulation is to be enforced, ytiW 
he found in Chapter 3. 



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Funds of ihfc Siii- 5. \\\ the funds of students, placed in his liands. or made subject 

dents in his liands 

how administered, to his control, in pursuance of this or any other enactment of the Vis- 
itors, shall be administered by him as herein provided, unless other- 
wise specially directed by the laws of the University. 

He shall retain a First. He shall retain out of such funds, a commission of two jjei' 
commission oft wo . » , . . .... 

per cent. ceiit^ as a compensation for Iih services in administering them. 

Second. Upon the warrant of the Proctor, he shall pay to the 

^^Pf^JL'^^ ^^'^'^'i^",!' Professors wliom each student shall desire to attend, their tuition 

or the Proctor sliali 

pay to the Profes- fees, and deliver to the student the Professors' tickets of admission 

sors their tuiliun 

fees. into their schools ; shall pay to the Hotel-keepers, at the expiration 

To the Hotel- ^^ ^''^'^'^ month, what shall be due to them respectively for board, after 

keepers what is deductina what they mav owe for rent, or maybe chargeable with on 

due tor boaid. ° j . > j o 

account of failure to repair their tenements, or on account of any o- 
To the Bursar the ther delinquency, and shall pay to the Bursar, on the warrant of the 

sums due for rent pj.Qp^Qj. ji,g gy^^g (j^,g from the students for the use of the dormito- 
01 Dormitories, ' 

&c. ries and public rooms, the sums due from the Hotel-keepers for rent, 

and the sums due from the students and Hotel-keepers for other 
charges against them. 

Shall pay for all Third. He shall pay for all books and stationary, all articles of 

^o-s, s a lona y, ^Iq^j^^^^^ ^^^ other supplies contracted for by the students, within the 
limits of the funds placed in his hands for these purposes respective- 
ly, and according to the rules and regulations of this University :— . 
provided, that no such payment shall be made, unless to the order'of 

the student the student, endorsed upon a bill containing a distinct account of 

each item, and the price thereof, signed by the person to whom it is 
due. 

Shall pay orders Fourth. He shall pay the orders of the students, drawn upon 

of the students on j^^^ ^^.^1^ ^-j^^g ^.^ time, on account of pocket money ; provided, such 
account of pocket ' ' ^ j :> r ■) 

money, but not in orders do not exceed at anv time the amount in his hands deposited 
favor of students, 
unless sanctioned for that purpose ; and do not, in any quarter of the session, exceed a 

due proportion of the amount allowed for pocket money for the whole 
session, by^the laws of the University. But he shall pay no order from 
one student in favor of another, unless for the purchase of some arti- 
cle, the sale whereof has been authorised in writing, by the Chairman; 
nor shall he pay any order drawn by a student which he shall have 
reason to believe to be drawn in evasion of the enactments, until the 
payment thereof shall have been sanctioned by the Chairman. 



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Fifth. At the end of the session, or whenever the student shall At the end of the 

session, or when 

5)0 expelled or dismissed from the University, or shall withdraw from the student shall 
it by the leave of the Faculty, or die during the session, the Patron shalfpay over the 
shall pay over to him, or his representative, parent or guardian, what- ^^^^^^^^ '" **'^ 
ever balance may be in his hands to the credit of the student, after 
deducting therefrom all proper charges against him. 

G. From students not resident within the precincts of the Univer- Shall receive tui- 
sity, the Patron, upon the warrant of the Proctor, shall receive all comnTission, from 
money to be paid by them for tuition fees, and the use of the public Jenir^''^^"* ^^"' 
rooms, and the money required as a deposit to cover contingencies, 
with two per cent on the whole for the Patron's commission ; and 
retaining his commission, shall pay the Professors' fees, shall pay to 
the Bursar, upon the warrant of the Proctor, what is due for the use of 
the public rooms, and shall pay the surplus, if any, to the student, his 
parent, guardian or representative. 

7. When the Patron receives the money of any student, he shall ghaii give the 
give him a fair receipt therefor, specifying the several purposes to ^ " ®" * receip . 
which it is to be applied, and the amount appropriated to each pur- 
pose ; which receipt shall be deposited with the Proctor, to be by him To be deposited 
carefully preserved ; and, if the student desire it, the Patron shall, at 

the same time, give him a duplicate receipt for his own keeping. 

8. He shall keep regular boolis, in which shall be entered fair ac- Shall keep ac- 

~ ,, , . . 11-1 T 1 counts of receipts, 

counts of all his receipts and disbursements, and for every disburse- Scc. 

ment he shall take and preserve an authentic voucher. 

9. Heshall, under no circumstances, mingle the funds received by shall not mingle 
him as Patron, with the funds held by him in his own or any o- Patron with other 
ther right ; but he shall preserve them so distinct and so designated, ^'■^^'^^• 

that they may, at all times, be ascertained and applied to the purposes 
for which they may have been received. To further this purpose, 
and the more effectually to guard against accidents, he is required to 
open an account in the Bank of Virginia, at Richmond, in the name account^^^n the 
of the ' Patron of the students of the University of Virginia,' and ^''"'^ °^ Virginia, 
without delay to deposit to the credit of that account, all money and 
all other funds received by him as Pdtron, which are not to be im- 
mediately disbursed. The funds so deposited shall be disbursed by 
checks drawn by the Patron, for the time being, and payable 10 or- 
der. 

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Hisaeeounfs and 10. His accounts and vouchers shall be, at all times, subject to the 

vouchers subject r- , ^^ ■ r-tr-i ^ niT-i -y-. 

to the inspection inspection of the Chairman ot the t acuity, and the Executive Com- 
^^t e airman, ^^^^^.^gg . g|j^|| ^^ regularly eshibited to the Chairman for inspection 
at the end of each mouth, and shall be laid before the Faculty and 
the Visitors, -whenever required. On the first day of each annual 
meeting of the Visitors, he shall lay before them a fair statement of 
his accounts of the preceding year, and at the end of each session, he 
shall furnish to the parent or guardian of the student, a fair copy of 
his account. 

Proceedings in n. If the Chairman of the Faculty perceive that the Patron is in 
case of default. 

default, in any respect, in the administiation of tlie funds committed 

to his care, he shall forthvrith report the default to the Executive 

Committee, and to the Faculty, in order that the proper correctives 

may be applied. And if the Executive Committee find that he hath 

improperly converted to his ovrn use any funds entrusted to him as 

Patron, or mingled such funds vrith his own, or with the funds of 

others, or retained in his own hands what he ought to have deposited 

in Bank, he shall be removed from ofiice. 

12. If the Patron, in disbursing the funds of the students, shall 

pay for any article of merchandise, or for any supplies not warranted 

Penalty for unau- by the lav.'s and regulations of the University ; or shall, in any other 
thorised disburse- ,. . 

iuents manner, aisbarse tnem, or any part oi tnein, contrary to the provi- 

^ sions of the foregoing, or any other enactment of the University ; be- 
sides being liable to an action on his official bond, he shall pay to 
the Bursar, for tbe benefit of the University, a fine not exceeding dou- 
ble the amount of the improper disbursement, to be assessed by the 
Faculty ; and if he shall neglector violate any other duty prescribed to 
And for violation tiim by the laws of the University, besides being liable to an action 
o, an} o er u v. ^^ ^^^ bond, he shall pay to the Bursar, for the benefit of the Uni- 
versity, a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for anyone ofience,to be 
assessed by the Faculty. 

TiiD Patron siiall 13. The Patron shall be assistant to the Proctor in enforcing the 

be assistant to the .„,... 

Proctor. pohceof the institution, so far as to aid when called on in prevent- 

ing all breaches of the law, and bringing the offenders to punishment; 
and so far as to report to the Proctor all breaches of the law, by stu- 
dents or others, which shall come to his knowledge. He shall, moreo- 
ver, when called upon by tbe Proctor, aid him in making estimates and 



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contracts for building and repairs, and in settling the accounts of con- 
tractors and undertakers. 

14. The Patron shall reside within the precincts, and shall be al- Shall reside with- 

in the piocincts. 
lowed to occupy the buildings and grounds now occupied by the 

Proctor, free of rent; he maintaining the buildings, grounds and in- 
closures, in good repair, but not being answerable for the destruc- 
tion of the buildings by unavoidable accidents from tempest or fire. 

15. The Patron shall be authorised to keep a book-store within the ^^y keep a book' 
precincts of the University ; and a suitable apartment shall be assigned ^'•01^°- 

him for that purpose by the Executive Committee, rent free, he maintain- 
ing the repairs thereof, but not being answerable for unavoidable ac- 
cidents by fire or tempest ; provided, that he shall keep on hand a 
constant supply of the text books required in the University, and shall 
furnish them to such students as desire to purchase of him, of good 
quality, at reasonable prices, to be judged of by the Faculty, and not 
exceeding, in any case, fifteen per cent, advance upon costs ; and 
to enable the Faculty to judge of the prices, his invoices shall be laid 
before them. 



Section 4. — Hot el- Keepers. 

1. Hotel-keepers shall be appointed by the Proctor, with the ap- Hotel-keepers to 
^ ' ^ ■' , be appointed by 

probation of the Board, while sitting, or of the Executive Committee, the Proctor. 

The appointment shall be in writing, under the hand and seal of the 

Proctor, in the following form. 

1, A. B., Proctor of the University of "Virginia, by and with the 
consent and approbation of the Board of Visitors, (or Executive Com- 
mittee) have appointed, and do hereby constitute and appoint, C. D. 
a Hotel-keeper in the said University ; charged with the occupation 
and conduct of hotel No. in the eastern (or western) range of 
buildings, and of the dormitories and grounds with their appurtenan- 
ces, which are, or shall be, assigned thereunto. 

Given under my hand and seal this day of 

A. B. tfif^j 

2. Upon receiving such appointment, the Hotel-keeper shall exe- f^^^^^^^''^^^^,^* 
cute 'and deliver to the Proctor, for the University, a covenant inwri- ing, «fcc. 

ting, under his hand and seal, in the following form. 



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I, C. D., do hereby "acknowledge, that I have been appointed Hotel- 
keeper,^in the University of Virginia, charged with the occupation and 
conduct of hotel No. in the eastern (or western) range of build- 
ings, and of the dormitories and grounds with their appurtenances 
which are, or shall be, assigned thereunto. And I do hereby, for 
myself and my heirs, covenant and agree with the Rector and Visitors 
of the University of Virginia, that I will pay or cause to be paid to 
ttem, or their lawful agent, as rent for the occupation of the said hotel 
and grounds and their appurtenances, at the rate of two hundred dol- 
lars per annum^ to lie paid at the expiration of each month, during 
the continuance of mv said appointment ; that all my personal proper- 
ty in the tenement and grounds aforesaid, and within the dormitories 
aforesaid, and their appurtenances, shall be at all times subject to dis- 
tress for any rent in arrear and due from me ; that I will maintain the 
repair of the said hotel and grounds, with their 'appurtenances, ac- 
cording to the laws of the University. And furthermore, that I will, 
well and truly, abide by and conform to the laws and regulations of 
the said University, now in force, or to be made, during the continu- 
ance of my said appointment ; and that I will, in all things, to the best 
of ray ability, perform the duties of my said appointment. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my 
seal, this day of 

C. D. pEAlt 



Shall not resign 3. The Hotel-keeper SO appointed, shall not resign his appointment) 

appointmentwith- r.iT>i ^ i ■t~< ■ ^ 

out leave, except Without leave of the Board, or of the Executive Committee, except 

calendar' ve°ar ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ °^ *^^ calendar year,' and then, on giving thirty days' notice, 

May be removed ^^ writing, to the Proctor. He may be removed at the end of any 

^o"'- calendar year, by the Board, or by the Executive Committee, or by a 

majority of the Visitors, in recess, upon giving him thirty days' notice in 

writing, of such removal ; or upon conviction before the Faculty, of 

any breach of duty, he may be removed at any time, by the Board of 

Visitors in session, or by a majority of them, in vacation, he having 

thirty days' notice of such removal. 

Shall be charged 4. Every Hotel-keeper shall be charged with the cleanlinesf. police 



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and good order of the hotel and grounds in his occupation, the dor- with the clcanli- 

, , T 1 • » i"^^*' police and 

initories assigned thereto, and tiieir ajjpurtcnances. good order of ho- 

5. The Ilotel-keepers shall be assistant to the Proctor, in main- shall be assistant 

taining the police and good order of the University : and they are *° ^-'^t ■^^■^'^^°'^ '" 
o ^ b J ■> J maintain inji; po- 

cnjoined to be diligent in discharging this duty. It shall be particu- hce. 
larly their duty, to aid him, when called on, in suppressing any dis- 
order or riot within the precincts ; and to report to him all offences 
against the enactments, and all circumstances which may tend to a 
discovery thereof, which come to their knowledge, whether they be 
called upon or not. They shall, moreover, at least once a week, if 
required by the Proctor, visit the rooms of the students, in the morn- shall visit rooms 
ing, and report to hirn all violations of the law regarding early ris- ^^olilin^^'^^ '" "'^ 
ing. 

6. Whenever called upon by the Faculty, the Hotel-keepers shall Shall give testi- 
give testimony upon honor, touching any matter of enquiry before the ^°^^' 
Faculty. 

7. No Hotel-keeper shall furnish any entertainment in his tene- Shall not furnish 

. r- .- n 1 • T . 1- , anyenlertaininent, ■ 

ment, tor pay or compensation of any kmd, to one who is not a stu- for pay, to anyone 
dent of, or attached to, the University, or a member of his own fami- "°^ "" student, &c. 

' ■ •" nor entertain any 

ly. Nor shall he entertain in his hotel, or wiihin the precincts, any expelled student, 

&c. 
expelled student, for the term of five years after such expulsion, or 

any dismissed or suspended student during the continuance of such 

dismission or suspension. Nor shall he permit his tenement, or any 

'■ ^ . ^oT permit his 

part of it, to be used for any other than the purposes of a boarding- tenement to be us- 
house. Nor shall he suffer any game of chance to be played ; or any boarding-house, 
ardent spirits or wine, mixed or unmixed, to be drunk within his ^f^'^chance ^o be 

tenement : but nothing herein contained, shall be construed to pro- pl'^y^d, nor ardent 
° ' '■ spirits tobe drunk. 

hibil the moderate useof wineor ardent spirits, by the merabersofthe 
family of the.Hotel-kccper and his invited guests. 

8. For any breach of his duty, prescribed by the foregoing, or any May bo fined for 
other law or regulation of the University, he may be fined by the Fa- ^*^^^ * ° " ^' 
cully in a sum not exceeding five dollars, for each offence, in addition 
to any other penalty imposed by law. 

* For a more particular enactment on this subject, sec Chap. 3. 



Section 5. — Janitor. 

Janitor to be em- 



l ■ I'iie Proctor shall employ a suitable person as .Janitor, at a salary j "' ^"^ 



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not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum ; the person so em- 
ployed, finding himself all supplies, except a house and firewood, to* 
be furnished by the Proctor. 

Shall be assistant 2. The Janitor shall be assistant to the Proctor, and when required 

to the Proctor. , , -r. 7 i n • ■ i i • • • , 

Shall visit dormi- by the Proctor, he shall visit the dormitories in the morning, and re- 

•°j, " port to him all violations of thelaw^ requiring the Hotel-keepers to put 

the rooms in order, and requiring the students to rise early. 

S. He shall attend the meetings of the Faculty, theirseveral schools 

TT- , ,• while in session, and the meetings of the Visitors ; and shall perform 

the necessary menial offices for them. He shall moreover attend the 
Professors of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry in their lecture 
rooms, and in the laboratory; and be charged with the duties of 
working the lithographic press, when required by the Professors of 
the University ; of winding up and attending to the clock, and keep- 
ing in order and repairing the chemical and philosophical appara- 
us. 



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CHAPTER H. 



INSTRUCTIOI^, &c. 



Section I. — Profcssorshij)s, plan of Instruction, S^c. 

1. In the University of Virginia, shall be instituted, for the present, Number of Piw- 

fesaorsliips. 
eight Professorships, to wit : 1. of Ancient Languages ; 2. Modern 

Languages ; 3. Mathematics ; 4. Natural Philosophy ; 5. Chemis- 
try and Materia Medica ; 6. Medicine ; 7. Moral Philosophy ; 8, 
Law. 

2. In the school of Ancient Languages, shall be taught the higher School of Ancient 
grade of the Latin and Greek Languages, the Hebrew, Ancient Ilisto- '^ ° 

ry, and Ancient Geography. 

3. In the school of Modern Languages, shall be taught French, School of Modern, 

Languages. 
Spanish, Italian, German, the English Language in its Anglo- 
Saxon form, Modern History and Modern Geography . The seni- 
or classes in this school shall also be instructed in the literature of 
the countries whose language they study. 

4. In the school of Mathematics, shall betaught Mathematics gene- School of Mathe- 
rally, including the higher branches of Numerical Arithmetic, Alge- 
bra, Trigonometry, plane and splierical, Geometry, Mensuration, Na- 
vigation, Conic Sections, Fluxions or Differentials, Military and Ci- 
vil Architecture, and the application of Mathematics to Natural Phi- 
losophy. 

5. In the school of Natural Philosophy, shall be taught the laws philosophy. 



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./■' and properties of bodies genei-ally, including Mechanics, Hydrostatics, 

Pneumatics, Acoustics, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism, Optics, Astrono- 

^'-.'iTiy, and the application of Physical Science to the Arts. 

School of Chemis- *^' ''" the school of Chemistry and Materia Medica, shall be taught 

V7 /"'^ Materia fi|h,emistry, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy. 
Medica. W ♦. ■" - •' 

School of Medi- 7, In the school of Medicine, shall be taught Anatomy, Surgery, the 

history of the progress and theories of Medicine, Physiology, Patliolo- 

gy, Obstetrics, and Sledical Jurisprudence.* 

School of Moral 8. In the school of Moral Philosophy, shall be taught Mental 
Philosophy. 

Science generally, including Ideology, General Grammar, Logic, 

Ethics, Rhetoric and Belles Lettres ; and also Political Economy. 

School of Law. 9, j^ the school of Law, shall be taught the Common and Statute 

Law, that of the Chancery, the laws Feudal, Civil, Mercatorial, Mari- 
time, and of Nature and JSTations ; also the principles of Government. 
and Constitutional Law. 

10. This arrangement, however, shall not be understood as forbid- 

o/;!!!!»°^L'o!!^ k„ ding occasional transpositions of a particular branch of science from 

™^"^- one school to another, in accommodation of the particular qualifica- 

tions of different Professors. 

A Tutor in the 11. A tutor in the school of Modern Languages shall be employed, 

Lano-naffes to be ^ith a salary of five hundred dollars per cmrawm, payable as the sala- 
employed. 

* To facilitate the instruction ill this school, the following enactment ha.s 
been made. 

There shall be established in the University, a dispensary, wiiich shall be at- 
tached to the Medical school^ and be under the sole direction and g-overninent 
of the Professor of Medicine ; who shall attend personally at the anatomical 
theatre, or such other place as he shall notify, from half after one to two o'- 
clock, on every Tuesday, Thursday 'and Saturday, for the purpose of dispensing 
medical advice, vaccination, and aid in surgical cases of ordinary occurrence, 
to applicants needing them. 

All 7;oo/-, free persons, disordered in bod}',, topically or generally, and ap- 
plying for advice, shall receive it gratis ; all others, bond or free, shall receivo 
it on payment of half a dollar, at each attendance, for the use of the institu- 
tion. Ml per suns shall he zaccinated gratis } and the students, particularly, 
shall be encouiaged to be so, as a protection to the institution against thcj 
malady of the small pox. 

The students of the Medical school shall be permitted to attend with tho 
Professor, to examine the patients by the pulse, and other indications of dis- 
ease, to ask of them such questions as the Professor shall think pertinent, ami 
shall permit, and to acquire practical knowledge of the processes of pharma- 
cy, by taking apart in tlie preparation of medicines. 

The monies so received, shall be applied to the providing and keeping up .1 
proper and sufficient stock of medicines and salves, to the procuring surgical 
instruments for ordinary operations, and to defraying other expenses necessa- 
ry for the institution. For the first stock of medicines, and for necessary in- 
struments, money shall be advanced from the funds of tlie University, to be re- 
imbursed from the receiptsof the dispensary. 



ties of the Professors aie paid; and he shall be entitled, moreorer, (a 
one third part of all the fees received in the school. He shall be ap- 
pointed by the Visitors, or, in their recess, by the Executive Commit- Hovr •pp.ititoi 
tee ; shall hold his office during the pleasure of the Visitors ; shall 
conform to all the laws of the Institution ; shall reside within the 
precincts, and have convenient accommodations for himself and 
family, to be assigned by the Visitors or the Executive Committee, in 
the dormitories or hotels and grounds of the University ; and shall jjiidutio*. 
perform such specific duties as may be assigned him by the Professor, 
with the approbation of the Visitors or the Executive Committee. 

12. There shall be appointed in the school of Medicine, a Demon- Demonstrator of 

. 11 Anatomy and Sur- 

strator of Anatomy and Surgery, whose duties shall be particularly gerytobe appoint- 

defined by the Professor of Medicine, subject to the control of the |j;g dutje, 

Ex,ecutive Committee, in the recess of the Board, and of the Visitors 

during its session. 

13. He shall be appointed by the Professor of Medicine, subject to How appointad, 
approval or rejection by the Board of Visitors, or by a majority of 

the Visitors in recess of the Board ; and may be removed at the plea- 
sure of the Board, at the end of any session, 

14. The Demonstrator shall be allowed a house, or rooms and Shall ba allowed 
grounds, for his accommodation, such as shall be assigned by the Ex- ' 
ecutive Committee. He shall be allowed a salary of five hundred H'* salary, 
dollars per annum^ to be paid as the Professors' salaries are paid, 

and shall be entitled to the same fe,e in all respects, as is allowed 
to a Professor ; and the fee paid to him shall be taken into the esti- 
mate, in ascertaining the amount which a Professor shall be entitled 

Shall constitute a 
to from a. student attending him. He shall be admitted into the Fa- memoer ofth« Fa- 
culty as a member thereof, and have a vote in all their deliberations. ''" ^' 

15. Where the instruction is by lessons, and the school too nu- Assistant tutor« 

_ . , . may bn employed, 

merous for a single instructor, assistant tutors may be employed, to be 

chosen by the Professors ; but subject to be negatived or removed for 
good cause, by the Visitors •, to have the use of two adjacent dormi- 
tories each, rent free, and to divide with the Professor the tuition fees' 
as shall be agreed between them. 

16. Each of the schools of the University shall be held two hours g^^gj^ gehool to b« 

of every other day of the week ; and that every student may be ena- ^^'^ ^'^^ hour*. 

bled to attend those of his choice, their regular sessions shall be %o 

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Houis of lecture 
from the corn- 



arranged as to days and hours, that no two shall be holden at the 

same time. 

17. From the commencement of the session, till the last of April, 

mencement of the *^® hotirs of lecture shall commence at half aftei* seven, and follow id 

session to the last the succcssion hereinafter prescribed, till half after one ; when there 
of April. ^ 

shall be an interval of one hour for dinner, so as to postpone the last 

prescribed lecture to the hours between half after two and half after 

four o'clock. ____^^ 

The school of 
Ancient Langua- 
ges shall occupy 
from 1-2 after 7 
to 1-2 after 9, a. 
M. on Mondays, 
Wednesdays and 
Fridays. 

Schem. of lee- That of Mod- 

^^^•- ern Languages, 

shall occupy the 
same hours on 
Tuesdays, Thurs- 
days and Satur- 
days. 

That of Math- 
ematics, shall oc- 
cupy from ] -2 af- 
ter 9 to 1-2 after 
1 1, A. M.on Mon- 
days, Wednes- 
days andFridays. 
That of Natu- 
ral Philosophy, 
the same hours 

on Tuesdays, Thurdays, and Saturdays. 

That of Chemistry and Materia Medica, shall occupy from 1-2 af- 
ter 11 to 1-2 after 1, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 

That of Medicine the same hours on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sa- 
turdays. 
; That of Moral Philosophy shall occupy from 1-2 after 2, to 1-2 af- 

ter 4, P. M. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 

That of Law, the same hours on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur- 
days. 

Hours of leeture 18. From the last of April till the end of the session, the lectures 

from tn^ last of A- 

pri! to sad oi ses- shall commence at half after five in the morning, and continue till 

sion. 

half after seven. Then allowing half an • hour for breakfast, shall 



SCHEME OF LECTURES. 


M. 1 Tu 1 W. 1 Th. 1 F. 1 S-ll 


H. M. 

7 30 
9 30 




H. M. 

7 30 
9 30 




a. M. 
7 30 
9 30 




Ancient 
Languages. 




H. M. 

7 30 
9 30 




K. M. 

7 30 
9 30 




H. M Modem 
7 30 Langua- 
9 30 ges. 


H. M. 

9 30 
11 30 




H. M. 

9 30 
1 11 30 




H. M. 1 

9 30 Mathema- 
11 30 i ! tics. 




H. M. 

9 30 
11 30 




H M. 

9 30 
11 30 


H. M. 

9 30 
11 30 


J\'atural 
Philosophy. 


H. M. 

11 30 
1 30 




H. M. 

11 30 
1 30 




H. M. 

11 30 
1 30 


i 


Chemistry, 

and 

Mat. Medica, 




H. M. 

11 30 
1 30 




H. M. 

11 30 
1 30 




H. SI. 1 

11 30 
1 30 Medicine. 


H. M. 

2 30 
4 30 




H. M. 

2 30 
4 30 


H. M. 

2 30 
4 .30 1 


Moral 
Philosophy. 




H. M, 

2 30 
4 30 


if 


H. M. 

•2 30 
4 30 




H. 31. 

2 30 
4 30 


Law. 



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commence at eight, and continue in regular succession, each occupy- 
ing two hours, till two o'clock in the afternoon. But the days for 
lectures in the several schools, and the orderjin which they will suc- 
ceed each other, shall be as above prescribed. 

19. The hours of lecture thus prescribed, shall be carefully ob- Hours of lecture 
served, as far as is found practicable ; and the Chairman is requested sgrved.'*'^^ u jr o - 
to cause the bell to be rung precisely at the time appointed, for the 
commencement of each lecture. 

20. The hours of lecture for the cl;iss of Anatomy and Surgery, Hours of the claw 

of Anal'Ti^y and 
and the extra hours of lecture, found convenient in the several scho-^ls, Surgery, and •.x 

must remain subject to the arrangement of the Professors, under the y,.j^'j. conirol of 

control of the Faculty, till the Board shall otherwise order. t^J« Professor., 

21. At the hour appointed for the meeting of every school, the roll Roll to be called 

^* ° -^ . at the hour of 

of the school shall be called over, the absentees, and those appearing meeting of ever/ 

tardily, shall be noted ; and if no sufficient cause be offered at the 

rising of the school, to the satisfaction of the Professor, the notation 

shall stand confirmed, and shall be given in to the Chairman in the 

weekly report. He shall, on the first day of every month during the chairman to send 
„ , „ . J , ^ ... monthly ciiculars 

session, or as soon alter each ot those days as may be, transmit by ^^ parents, &c. 

mail a list of these notations, to the parent or guardian of each delin- 
quent. 

22. In each of these schools, instruction shall be communicated by J"c;;j,'',liullicarelL 
lessons or lectures, examinations and exercises, as shall be best adapt- 
ed to the nature of the science, and number of the school ; and ex- 
ercises shall be prescribed to employ the vacant days and hours. 

23. In every course of lectures, it shall be the duty of the Profes- class to be •xa- 

j- 1 1 • 1 xi 1 I- f 1 , , mined ou previoui 

sor, immediately previous to the delivery oi anew lecture, to exa- jeg^ute 

mine his class thoroughly, on the subjects of the preceding lecture. 

24. It shall be the duty of the Professors of the University, to pre- Themes to be 
scribe to the students, in their respective classes, frequent and regular fJss^oVs. 
themes, adapted to their previous acquirements, and calculated to de- 

velope and strengthen their mental faculties. 

25. It shall constitute part of the duties of each Professor, to hand Professors tx) make 
into the Chairman of the Faculty, at the end of each week, a re- to the Chairman, 
port, exhibiting for the week preceding, the days and the subjects of 

lecture and of examination, the time occupied in each respectively 
the presence or absence of each member of the class, and the degree, 
of attention and proficiency of the students. , • 



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6. The following formula shall be observed in the weekly clasi 



Pormniafor week- reports of the Professors of the University 
Jv reports. »^ 



UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 



WEEKLY CLASS REPORT. 



School ot 



Class 



Week ending. 



s 






by 



NAMES. 



tit t 



§i§ 



REMARKS. 



*Here is to be written the day of the week. 
|Here is to be written the initial of the day of the week. 
;|;Here, the names of students. 
^Here an '«' indicating the absence of those not prweiit. 



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17. It shall bethe'duty of the Chairman, to prepare and lay before Chairmnn to make 

to tlie Visitors a 

the Visitors, at the commencement of every annual meeting of the consolidated re- 
Board in July, a consolidated report, founded on the weekly class 
reports. The said consolidated report shall be divided into three dis- solldatetf report*"' 
tinct and separate parts, as follows : 

Part I. A concise and clear statement of the heads of the lectures, 
or subjects of instruction, delivered or taught by each of the Profes- 
sors during the preceding course. 

Part II. A statement of, 1. The number of times which any Profes- 
sor shall have failed to lecture on the regular days appointed for his 
lecture. 2. The number of times which any Professor shall have 
failed to examine his class on the days appointed for such examina- 
tion. 5. The average time occupied by each Professor in the delive- 
ry of his lectures. 4. The average time occupied by each Professor, 
in the examination of his classes. 5. The number of times that each 
Professor shall have failed promptly to make his weekly class report, 
as required by the enactments. 

Part III. A statement of the number of times which the students 
may have been absent from lecture or examination ; and of their dif- 
ferent degrees of attention and proficiency in their respective class- 
es. 

28. The Visitors of the University shall be free, severally or toge- visitors may nt- 

, , -11 11,-- • • tend aiiv school, 

ther, to attend occasionally any school durmg its session, as inspectors j,^ inspectors and 

and judges of the mode in which it is conducted. ^ °^ 

29. Should the religious sects of this State, or any of them, accord- If religious sects 

etilabiish schools 
ing to the invitation held out to them, establish viithin, or adjacent to of instruciion.siu- 

,, ■ . r 1 IT ■ ■. I I f • i i- • ^i I- • r dents cxpecl';d to 

the precincts of the University, schools of instruction in the religion ot J^^p„^J religious 

their sect, the students of the University will be free, and expected to worship. 

attend religious worship at the establishment of their respective sects, 

in the morning, and in time to meet their school in the University at 

its stated hour. 

SO. The students of such religious schools, if they attend any Students of each 

^ . schools attending 
school of the University, shall be considered as students of the Uni- University consid- 

, . 1 ■ 1 1 . .1 • I » ered as students, 

versity, subject to the same regulations, and entitled to the same rights 

and privileges, 

81. The sessions of the University shall cemmence on the tenth of Cnmmencrment 

. p , and termination of 

September, and terminate on the twentieth ot July ensuing. geision. 



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Section 2. — Matriculation, ^c. 
"Students of other 1. No person who has been a student at any other incorporated" 

seminaries, on . , . -^^ . . , , . 

what terms admit- seminar}', shall be received at this L niversity, but on producing a cer- 

^ ■ tificate from such seminary, or other satisfactory evidence to the Fa- 

culty, with respect to his general good conduct. 

No student receiv- o. j<fQ student shall be received under sixteen years old, rigorous- 

ed under sixteen 

years of age. ly proved ; provided, that in casi) of application for admission into 

the University being made by two brothers, one of whom may be un- 

Except in case of der sixteen years of age, the requisition of this enactment shall not be 

two brothers, one 

of whom is under insisted on, if, in the opinion of the Faculty, having due regard to the 

Ki xt ftsn . 

special circumstances of each case, it would be safe and proper to 

dispense with it. 

Qaalifications for 3. No student shall be admitted into the Mathematical school, or 
admission into the , _ • n i i i_ 

schools of Mathp. that of Natural Philosophy, who is not an adept in all the branches 

Philosoohy. of numerical arithmetic; and none into the school of Ancient Lan- 

guages, unless qualified, in the judgment of the Professor, to com- 
mence reading the higher Latin classics ; nor to receive instruction 
in Greek, unless qualified in the same degree in that language. 

Student free to at- 4. Every student shall be free to attend the schools of his choice, 
tend the schools of ji,,, .,, i,i * 

his choice ; but if ^'^^ no other than he chooses ; proTided, nevertheless, that every stu- 

tend at iMst^thr^e ^^^^ under the age of twenty one years, shall attend at least three 
Professors. Professors, or two Professors and the Demonstrator of Anatomy and 

Surgery, unless, when he matriculates, his parent or guardian shall 
prescribe in writing the schools which he is required to attend, or un- 
less the Faculty, for good cause shewn, shall allow him to attendJess 
than three. 

No student to en- 5. No one shall enter as a student of the Universitv, either at the 

ter for less than the 

•whole session. beginning or during the progress of the session, but as for the whole 

session, ending on the 20th day of July, and paying as for the whole, 

except for board.* 

Student to be fur- 6. Before any student shall matriculate, he shall be furnished with a 

nished copy of 

laws. copy of the laws' of the University, and shall carefully read them. 

Shall _ sjo'n his 7 Qn matriculating, he shall sign his name in a book to be kept for 
name m a boftk. ^j o ^ 

that purpose, by the Proctor, in which shall be stated the name and 
* For the particular enactments regulating fees and board, see Chap. 4. 



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residence of his fathei or g^aardian. The names of the resident and 
non-resident studentsshall be written under different captions. Those 
of the resident students, under a caption in these words : 

8. " After having carefully read the laws of the University of Virginia, Caption for resi- 
« I subscribe myself a student thereof : I enter the University with a ^^"^ students. 

" sincere desire to reap the benefits of its instruction, and with a de- 
" termined resolution to conform to its laws ; I declare that I have 
" deposited with the Patron all the funds in my possession, or under 
*' my control, according to the obvious spirit and meaning of the en- 
" actments on that subject,* In testimony whereof, I hereunto sub- 
" scribe my name." 

9. Those of non-resident studentsshall be subscribed under a cap- For non-resident«. 
tion in the same words, vpith the omission of the declaration relative to 

the deposit. 

JO. These captions shall be plainly and distinctly read to the stu- 
dent, or read by him, before he subscribes his name. 

1 1. The copy of the laws furnished thestudentatthecommencement Copy of laws to b« 
,, , ,. ,, 1 T I • 1 7 preserved, 

of the session, shall be carefully preserved by him, as long as he con^ 

tinues a student. 



Section 3. — Examinations and Degreesi 

1. There shall be two public examinations of all the students of Examination^, 

1 TT • • • 1 • 1 /• • T- 1111 when held, 

the University, in each session ; the nrst, or intermediate, to be held 

at such convenient lime near the middle of the session, as the Facul- 
ty shall appoint, but to be so regulated, as to prevent a general sus- 
pension of the lectures during its continuance; the final, to precede 
the summer vacation, and to commence on the tenth day of July .f 

2. From these examinations, no student shall absent himself, 
without leave of the Faculty, under pain of any punishment not ex- 
ceeding dismission from the University. 

3. In conferring degrees, and granting certificates of proficiency, 



* In 'Chapter 4, will be found the enactments requiring resident students, 
in order to matriculation, previously to deposit their funds with the Patron, 
and directing the mode by which the observance of this regulation is to be en- 
forced. 

1 The following general plan of examinations, Ac. has been adopted by the 



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the Faculty will keep steadily in view, the necessity of making these 

honorary distinctions, evidences of real merit, and a reward for the 

acquirements of persevering diligence. 

Decrees, &c. shall 4. Any student who shall, on examination, give satisfactory evi- 

diiio-ence and me- ^ence of his proficiency in any of the schools of the University, 



nt. 



Faculty, with the approbatinn of the Visitors. 

1. The Chairman of the Faculty shall appoint, for the examination of each 
school, a Committee, consisting ot the Professor of that school, and of two 
other Professors . 

2. The Professor shall prepare, in writing, a series of questions to be pro- 
posed to his class at their examination, and to these questions he shall affix 
numerical values, according to the estimate he shsill form of their relative dif- 
ficult)-, the highest number not exceeding one hundred. The list thus pre- 
pared, shall be submitted to the Committee for their approbation, in the 
schools of languages, subjects may also be selected for oral examination. 

3. The limes of esaTiinatipa for the several schools shall be appointed by 
the Chairman. 

4. At the iionr appointed, the students of the class to be examined, shall 
take their places in the lecture room, provided with pens, ink and paper. The 
written questions shall then, for t!ie first time, be presented to them, and tiiey 
shall be required to give the answers in writinor, v."ith their names subscribed. 

5. A majority of the Committee shnll always be present, during the exami- 
nation ; and they shall see that the students keep perfect silencB, do not 
leave their seats, and have no communication with one another or with other 
persons. Wlien. in the judgment of the Committee, sufficient time has been 
allowed for preparing the answers, the examination shall be closed, and all the 
answers handed in. 

6. The Professor shall then carefully examine and compare all the answers, 
and shall prepare a report, in which he shall mark, numerically, the value 
which he attaches to each ; the highest number for any answer, being that 
which had before been fixed upon as the value of the corresponding question. 
For t.ie oral examinations, the values shall be marked, at the tinTe, by the 
Professor, with the approbation of the Committee ; but the number attached 
to anv exercise of this kind, shall not eiceed twenty. 

7. This report shall be submitted to the Committee, and, if approved by 
them, shall be laid before the Faculty, together with all the papers connected 
with it, wh;cb are to be preserved in the archives of the University. 

S If the Professor of a school shall be discontented with any measure of the 
other members of the Committee, respecting his examination, he may take an 
appeal to the Faculty, whose decision shall be conclusive. 

9. The students shall then be arranged into three separate divisions, ac- 
cording to the merit of their examinations, as determined by the following 
method. The numerical (ralucs attached to ail the questions are to be added 
toofether, and also the values of all the answers given by each student. If 
this last number exceeds three-fourths of the first, the student shall be ranked 
in the Srst division ; if it be less than three-fourths, and more than one-foarth, 
in the second ; if less than one-fourth, in the third. 

10. On the last day of the session, all the students of the Universitj' shall be 
assembled \xj tiia Rotunda, when the public shall be invited to witness the re- 
sults of ihe examinations. The business of the day shall be arranged and 
conducted by the Chairman, who shall preside on the occasion. 

On this occasion, addresses shall be delivered, and essays read by the stu- 
dents, the whi>le number not to exceed six. The speakers and wiiters shall be 
chosen by the Chairman, and their compositions shall be submitted to him for 
his approbation. 

On this day, also, certificates and diplomas shall be delivered to the gradu- 
ates ; and, in general, such business transacted, and such communications 
made, as may bs considered appropriate to the occasion, and of general inte- 
lest. 



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TKay, on a vote of the Faculty, be declared a graduate ia that 
school. 

5. Any student who shall exhibit his proficiency in the studies of 
the following portions of schools, may, in like manner, be declared a 
graduate of such portion : Pure Mathematics ; Chemistry ; Moral 
Philosophy.* 

6. In those schools in which, according to the regulations of the 9"^^'^J' whenTo 
University, there are different branches of study, which may be at- ^^ granted, 
tended separately, a certificate of proficiency may, on a vote of the 

Faculty, be given.to any student, who shall, on examination, give sa- 
tisfactory evidence of a competent acquaintance with any of those 
branches : provided, that to obtain a certificate in any language, the 
student must shew his knowledge of the literature of that language, Candidate for de- 
and of the geography and history of the countries in which it was fo writa^the En' 
used. But in all cases, to obtain a diploma, or a certificate of profi- °^^^^ Languaga 
ciency, the candidate must give the Faculty satisfactory proof of his 

ability to write the English language correctly. 

Title of M. D. to 

7. The graduate in the school of Medicine, shall have the title of ^^^ graduate in 

the school of Ma- 
Doctor of Medicine. dicine. 

Degree of Master 
B. 1 he Faculty shall be empowered to confer an additional and of Arts to be con- 
higher degree, with the title to the possessor, of " Master of Arts ».. • 
° " ' ^ Attainments enti 

OF THE University of Virginia. ;" and graduation in the depart- tling the student to 

. that honor. 

menta of Ancient Languages, Mathematics, J^atural Philosophy, 

Chemistry, and Moral Philosophy, shall entitle the student to receive 



* The following is the form of the diploma. 

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. 

Mr. of 

has this day been declared a graduate in 

of this UNIVERSITY. 

Chairman of the Faculty. 



Secretary ^ Profesaor of 



of the Faculty. ^ 

E 



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this honor ; but such degree is not to interfere with the power of 
graduation in the separate schools, as already established. 



Section 4. — Gymnastic and other exercises. 

A military in- 1. A military instructor shall be provided at the expense of the 

slructor lo be pro- 

yided. University, to be appointed by the Faculty, who shall attend on every 

Saturday, from half after one o'clock to half after three, p. bi. and shall 
instruct the students in the manual exercise, in field evolutions, ma- 
noeuvres, and encampments. The students shall attend these exer- 
cises, and shall be obedient to the military orders of their instructor. 
The roll shall be regularly called over by him at the hour of raeet- 
ma ', absences & insubordinations shall be noted ; and the list of de- 
linquents shall be delivered to the Chairman of the Faculty, to be an- 
imadverted on by the Faculty, and such minor punishments imposed 
as each case shall, in their discretion, require. The school of Mo- 
dern Languages shall be pretermitted on the days of actual military 
exercise. 

Substitutes in the 2 .Substitutes in the form of arms shall be provided by the Proctor, 
Ibrm of arms to be . „,_,.. . , , n , .• ,■ • i i i 

provided by the at the expense of the University ; they shall be distinguished by num- 

Froctor. htvs^ delivered out, received in, and deposited under the care and re- 

sponsibility of the instructor, in a proper depository to be furnished 
him ; and all injuries to them by a student, shall be repaired at the 
expenseof such student. 

Work-shops to be 3. Work -shops shall be provided, whenever convenient, at the ex- 
^ ' pense of the University, where students, who choose, may exercise 

themselves in the use of tools, and such mechanical practices as it is 
convenient and useful for every person to understand, and occasion- 
ally to practise. These shops may be let, rent-free, to such skillful 
and orderly mechanics as shall be approved by the Faculty, on the 
condition that they will permit the use of their tools, instruments, and 
implements, within the shop, to such students as shall desire, and use 
the permission discreetly, and under a liability for any injury they 
may do them ; and on the further condition, if necessary, of such 



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mechanics' receiving instruction gratis in the mechanical and phi- 
losophical principles of their art, so far as taught by any of the 
schools. 



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CHAPTER HI. 



DISCIPL.INE, POI.ICE, &c. 

Inattendance, in- 1. Inattendance on school, inattention to the exercises prescribed 

behaviour*"^ in misbehaviour or indecorum in school, shall be subject to any of the 

Echool, how pun- jjjJijqj. punishments ; and the Professor of the school may singly 

reprove, or dismiss from the room during the day. 

No student to ap- 2. "No student shall appear in school with a stick or any weapon ; 

pear in school with _ 

weapons ; nor, while in school, be covered without permission of the Professor? 

wHhout per mis- or use tobacco by snuffing, or chewing, or smoking, on pain of any of 

^1°"' r . i_ 4r. the minor punishments, at the discretion of the Faculty. 
Lise of tobacco in * ' J 

school prohibited. 3^ No student shall, within the precincts of the Universitv, intro- 
Weapuns and gun ' ' 

powder, servants, troduce, keep or use weapons or arms of any kind, or gun powdir 5 
horses and dogs , 

prohibited. nor keep a servant, horse, or dog. 

Precincts, the lim- 4, The precincts of the University are to be regarded as co-ext m- 
its of. 

sive with the lands owed by the University ; being one entire tract, 

consisting of several parcels, whereon the buildings are erected. 
Disturbing noises, 5- No student shall admit any disturbing noises in his room, or 
or pistol^ wifhTn ™ake them any where within the precincts of the University, or fire 
precincts, prohibi- a'gun or pistol within the same, on pain of such minor sentence as 
the Faculty shall decree ; but the proper use of musical instruments 
shall be freely allowed in their rooms, and in that appropriated for in- 
struction in music. 

Festive entertain- 6. No student shall make any festive entertainment within the pre- 

ments without t~ • • ' • 

permission of cmcts of the University, nor contribute to, or be present at them, there 

ted^'^™*"'^'^° ' '' CH" elsewhere, without the leave of the Chairman, on pain of a minor 



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punishment. And as such entertainments are, for the most part, un- 
friendly to collegiate duties, they should be allowed with caution, 
and unlicensed indulgence in them should be vigilantly restrained. 

7. The repetition of offences made liable to minor punishments? "^I'^ repetition of 

minor oueiices, 
shall subject the student guilty thereof, to either minor or major pun- how punished. 

ishments, or to dismission, at the discretion of the Faculty. 

8. No student shall be absent from the precincts of the University. Absence from pre- 

' - cmcts, alter night, 

after night, without the leave of the Chairman, or of some Professor unless on a visit to 

_ private family ,pro- 

whose school he attends, unless on a visit to a respectable private fa- hibited. 

mily. And whoever offends herein, shall be subject to a minor or 

major punishment, according to the degree of his offence. 

9. No student, wherever resident, shall at any time visit any tavern Students not to 

' T J J Visit taverns or 

or confectionary, without leave from the Chairman of the Faculty, or confectionariee. 

some Professor whose school he attends ; and the violation of this 

enactment, shall subject the offender to a major or minor punish- Punishment for bo 

' "' . . doing, 

ment, at the discretion of the Faculty. Perseverance in the habit of 

frequenting taverns or confectionaries, shall be punished with dismis- 
sion from the University, at least, and refusal to re-admit. 

10. If any student shall violate any of the enactments, requiring Punishment for 

violation of enaet- 
students to deposit their funds with the Patron, prescribing the uni- ments regarding 
<• I ,1 ,.,..,. . nil deposit of fnnds, 

torm to be worn by them, prohibitmg their contractmg of debts, uniform, contract- 

and regulating their expenses, he shall be liable to any of the punish- ',"f,ses'''^^' ^"^ °^ 
ments provided by the laws of the University.* Perseverance in ha- 
bits of expense, shall be punished by dismission from the University, 
at least, and refusal to re-admit. 

11. Public orations and public addresses delivered by students, af- ^"}''° orations or 

^ ■' . addresses not to be 

fecting in some degree the reputation of the institution, and interfering delivered without 

leave of Faculty. 
with more regular academic pursuits, must be, at all times, subject to 

the control of the Faculty. No student, therefore, shall deliver any 

public oration, or public address, written or ex tempore, without leave 

of the Faculty, on pain of any of the minor or major punishments. 

12. No student, without leave of the Faculty, shall attend any Norteachei out of 

' ■' •' University attend 

teacher out of the University, for the purpose of learning any thing ed. 

taught in any of the schools of the University ; and if any offend here- 
in, he shall be liable to any of the minor or major punishments. 



♦ For the enactments on thei>e subjects, see Chap. 4. 



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No studsr.t ;'ia'i: i3. No student, without permission of the Faculty, shall leave any 

leave anv Ciuss or 

Univarsfiy, with- class which he may have entered, or leave the University, before the 
the ifaculty. ' end of the session. And if any shall offend herein, he shall be sub- 
Offences herein, j^^^ ^^ of the major or minor punishment?, or may be refused ad- 
how punislied. j j j r ^ j 

mission into the University at the next session, at the discretion of 
the Faculty. But, a student desirous to leave tiie University, and ha- 
ving permission from his parent or guardian, may be allowed to do so, 
by the Chairman, with the written concurrence of all the Professors 
he attends, if it be inconvenient to consult the Faculty. 
Students guilty of 14. If any student shall, in the opinion of the Faculty, from habitu- 
quency idleness ^^ delinquency in all or any of his classes, or from habitual idleness 

or other bad ha. inattention, or from any other bad habits, be not fulfilling the pur- 
bits, how to be ' •' ' o i- 

dealt with. poses for which he ought to have come to the institution, and be not 

likely to fulfil them, and his parent or guardian do not withdraw him, 
after having received timely notice thereof, the Faculty may dismiss 
him from the University. But they shall not exercise this power, until 
they shall have given the student written information of the objections 
to his conduct, and have afforded him an opportunity of explanation 
and defence. Their order of dismissal shall assign the cause thereof, 
shall be communicated to the parent or guardian, and laid before the 
Visitors at their next meeting. 

Duty of Professors 15. The Professors being charged with the execution of the laws 
° eLToffence?'^ of the University, it becomes their duty to pursue proper means to dis- 
cover and prevent offences. Respect from the student to the Profes- 
sor being at all times due, it is more especially so, when the Profes- 

Respect toProfes- ^na^aed in this duty. Such respect, therefore, is solemnly en- 

sor while engaged °^i ^° ^^'o a •' 

in this duty en- ^^^^^^ on every student ; and it is declared and enacted, that if any 

Sdent refusing student refuse his name to a Professor, or being required by him to 
pSd!^"'"' stop, shall fail to do so, or shall resist or resent the interposition of 
a Professor made for the purpose of preventing offences committed 
in his presence, or shall be guilty of any disrespect to a Professor, 
such student, his advisers, aiders and abettors, shall be deemed insub- 
ordinate, and shall be liable to any of the minor or major punish- 
ments, according to the degree of his offence. 
Student to open 16- When a Professor knocks at the door of a student's room, any 
his"door to a Pro- .^^^^^^ ^eing within, and announces himself, it shall be opened, on 
^'''°'' pain of a n^nor or major punishment ; and the Professor may, if re- 



fused, have the door broken open ; and the expenses of repair shall 
be levied on the students within, 

17. Contumacy shall be liable to any of the major punishments. Contumacy how 

punished. 

18. Any student violating any lawful order of the Chairman, or in- Violation of any 
, ,. , ,. , 1 1 T • T 11 1 order of Chairman 

subordinate to any lawful sentence pronounced by nim, snail be contumacy. 

deemed guilty of contumacy, and punished accordingly. 

19. Habits of expense, of dissoluteness, of dissipation, of profane Habits of oxpen- 

' . . . sive gaming, &c, 
swearing, or of playing at games of chance, m which description is how punished. 

included the game of backgammon, being obstructive to the acquisi- 
tion of science by the student himself, and injurious, by example, to 
others, shall be subject to any of the punishments prescribed by the 
laws of the University, at tlie discretion of the Faculty ; and every 
student wbo shall, williin the precincts, introduce, keep or use, any Vinous and spiiit- 

uous liquors and 

spirituous or vinous liquors, or any cards, dice, or other implements implements ot 

c • 7 11 1 1 • i i .1 1-1 -1 g'lni'ng prohibit 

of gaming, shall be subject to the like punishment. ed 

20. Drunkenness or gaining by any student, may be punislied by a Drunkenness and 
minor or major punishment ; though it be the first offence of which fshed. 

he shall have been convicted. 

21. Riotous, disoiderly, intemperate or indecent conduct of any Riotous conduct, 

1 1111 -111- 1- • ,» .1 ■ 1 • I ^low punished. 

Student, shall be punished by interdiction of residence within the pre- 
cincts, or by any of the major or minor punishments, at the discretion Occupants of doj- 
' ■> •/ •> I ' mitones permit- 

of the Faculty ; and every occupant of a dormitory permitting these ting these offences 
_ . . . therein, how pun- 

oiiences therein, shall be subject to any minor punishment, at thedis- ishcd. 

cretion of the Faculty. 

22. No student shall appear out of his dormitory masked or dis- student appearing' 

• J • Li u- L J iL -i- ^ masked or djsguis- 

guised in any manner whatever, which may render the recognition of ^^j [^Qy^ punished. 

his person more difficult, on pain of suspension or expulsion by the 

Faculty. 

23. Any combination of students to do an unlawful act, shall sub- Combinations to 
• . .1 £!• 1 r , ■ 1 11-. do an unlawful 
ject the otienders to any ol the punisliments, at the discretion of the act punishable. 

Faculty. 

24. The youth of the country cannot leurn too early to re5?pect the 
laws. To evade the process of the courts necessary to the adminis- 
tration of justice, is a high contempt of those lav/s, and indicates a 
disposition to insubordination, which requires the decided reprehen- 
sion of the Board. Any student, therefore, in any manner, evading the Evasion of pro- 



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courts, nrfif^fias nffliR rnnrfc. shall Vir Hn 
punishable. 



e«sB of courts, process of the courts, shall be liable to any of the penalties prescrib- 



ed by the enactments of the University. 
Offences against 25. Offences against the laws of the land may be left to the cog- 
land left to coo-ni- "izance of the civil magistrate, if claimed by him ; or may be sub- 
zance of the civil jected by the Faculty to any of the punishments permitted by the en- 

or punished by actments ; and this, whether the civil magistrate shall have taken cog- 
the Faculty. 

nizance of them or not. 

, . 26. Every student engaged in a duel or combat with weapons which 

Duelling, &c. pun- 
ished by expul may inflict death, either by fighting, or sending, or accepting a chal- 
lenge to fight, or bearing such challenge, or being second to either of 
the principals in such duel, or by being accessory to such duel or chal- 
lenge by aiding, assisting or encouraging it, shall be liable to instant 

Pfoctor logive in- expulsion from the University, not remissible by the Faculty. And it 
formation thereof ^ i n ' . . ^ . , „ , . 

to the civil autho- shall be the duty or the rroctor to give information thereot to the ci- 

T/sUmony bv a ^'^' authority, that the parties may be dealt with according to law. 
student to be vo 27. When testimony is required from a student, it shall be volun- 

luntary, and not 

on oath. tary and not on oath, and the obligation to give it. shall be left to his 

own sense of right. 

Maior punish- 2S. Punishment for major offences, shall be expulsion, temporary 

"'^°'®- suspension, or interdiction of residence and appearance within the 

precincts of the University. The minor punishments shall be reproof 
Minor punish- 
ments, by a Professor, or by the Chairman, privately, or in presence of the 

school of the offender, or of all the schools ; dismission from the 
school room for the day ; and insubordination to these sentences 
shall be deemed and punished as contumacy. 
Expulsionnot final 29. Sentences of expulsion from the University (except in case of 
the ViS7^*^ ^^ challenge or combat with arms) shall not be final, until approved by 
the Board of Visitors ; or, when they are not in session, by a majority 
of them separately consulted. But residence within the precincts, 
and attendance on the schools, may be suspended in the mean 
time. 
Expelled students 30. Students heretofore or hereafter expelled from the University, 
precincts &c. ^ ^'^^'^ ^^ absolutely inhibited from coming within the precints, for the 
period of five years after such expulsion, unless by leave of the Chair- 
man in the manner prescribed by law. And if any such expelled stu- 
dent shall come within the precincts in violation of this enactment, it 
shall be the duty of the Proctor to warn him off, and if he do not de- 



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part, or afterwards returns, the Proctor shall consult with the attor- 
ney employed for the University, and take such measures as the law 
will allow for punishing the offence and preventing its repetition. No Students expelled, 

suspended or dia- 
studentshall,forthetimeab()vespecified, admit any student into his dor- missed not to be 

111 I 11 1 11 J r ii • *i X- admitted into tbo 

mitory, who has been or shall be expelled from the institution; nor dormitories. 

shall he admit any student who has been or shall be dismissed or sus- 
pended from it, during the continuance of such dismission or suspen- 
sion ; under pain of such punishment as the Faculty may choose to 
direct. 

31. No suspended student shall be permitted to reside within five Suspended sta- 

., ^- PI . dents not to reside 

miles of th*^ rT^i^xoitj-, uuring the continuance of such suspension, witliin five mile* 
unless with the consent of the Faculty. °^^''^ Universitj. 

52. Dismissed students shall be interdicted from the precincts in Dismissed stu- 

, 1 T , 1 , , dents interdicted 

the same manner as suspended students ; and whenever a student from tha precinct* 

shall be expelled, dismissed, or suspended from the University, it shall 

be a part of his sentence that he is interdicted from the precincts ; 

and that part shall be communicated to him in writing. 

53. Students who havebeen expelled, suspended or dismissed, may Leave may be gir- 
hereafter, be permitted to come within the precincts of the Universi- ^" ^ airman, 
ty, on the written permission of the Chairman, for a slated time, for 

good cause shewn. 

34. The celebration of the Anniversary of Independence, and of Enactment regrn- 

. . lating the celebra- 

Washington's birth day, in anianner becoming a literary institution, is tion of Anniversa- 
recommended to the Professors and students, as a duty worthy o* ^'®^' 
constant observance. But no festivities which naturally lead to ex- 
cess, are admissible on the occasion. Public dinners, therefore, are 
strictly prohibited ; though a ball, or other evening party, attended by 
Professors and students, having its pleasures chastened by the com- 
pany c'f ladies, is allowed, under such regulations as the Faculty may 
prescribe. 

35. The celebration most appropriate to a University, must blend 
literature and science with the indulgence of patriotic feeling. The 

Board therefore recommend for the fourth of July, the reading of the Fourth of July 

Declaration of Independence, with suitable solemnities ; orations en 

the day and on other subjects, historical, literary and scientific, to be 

«poken or read, under the regulation of the Faculty. The subject* 

«f composition nhaU be given to the students, a luitable tim« befor«- 

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hund ; and each stude»t, who pleases, may compose an ©ration, or 
write a discourse, on such as he may select. These compositions^ 
•with the name of the author sealed, shall be submitted to the Facul- 
ty, for their inspection and criticism. Such as are deemed proper to 
be publicly read or spoken, shall have their seals broken, and be re- 
turned to their authors, for the purpose of being read or spoken •, and 
those that may not be deemed proper for public exhibition, shall be 
Twenty-second of ^^'^"^"^'^ *° ^^^^^ authors, with the seals unbroken. For the twenty- 
February, second of February, they recommend, under similar regulations, com- 
positions on subjects illustrating the life and character of Wash- 
ington, and other suitable subjects, tobc j^Aii^iy r^H»d or spoken as 
may be deemed proper by the Faculty. 
Bell to be rung at ^^- The bell shall be rung every morning, throughout the session, 
^tmJ^ntsto rise at ^^ ^awn. The students shall rise at this signal, and dress themselves 

this signal. without delay. Their rooms shall be cleaned and set in ore er, and 

Their rooms to be 

put in Older by they prepared for business, at sun-rise. The Faculty, however, may 

sunrise. . • • e y_ 

The Faculty may extend the time in the. morning for cleaning the dormitories of the 

•z en e ime. giudents ; but not later than the breakfast [hour. At sunrise, or at 

the expiration of the time allowed by the Faculty, the Proctor shall, 

eppct dormitories' ^* ^east once a week, inspect the dormitories and see that they are in 

Shall report proper order. The Proctor shall scrupulously report all breaches of 
breaches oi enact- i j r 

menttoChairinan. this enactment to the Chairman t and any student who shall violate 
Violations by stu- ^*5 shall be subject to any of the minor or major punishments. Any 

^ents and Hotel- Hotel-keeper who shall fail to have the room of a student put in or- 
keepers, how pun- ^ *^ 

ished. der, according to the provisions of this enactment, shall be subject to 

a fine not exceeding five dollars for each cfience, to be assessed by 

the Faculty, and retained out of the student's board. 

Proctor to keep *"• The Procter is required to keep the drains in the grounds of 

ob'^tructi'^^^ &^ *^^ University always free from obstruction, and to construct such 

others as the Executive Committee may direct. 
Professors & Ho- SS. The Professors and Hotel-keepers shall be responsible for the 
Bible "lor "c'eanli- eleanliness of their tenements, and the ground.*? in their occupation 
ness of their tene- respectively ; and shall cause the sweepings and offal from them to 
be daily deposited in the receptacles prepared for that purpose, at 
To be fined for ®"*^^' ^°"^ ^" *^® ^^^ ^^ shall be appointed by the Proctor. If any of 
^^^"'■*' them fail herein, he shall be fined for each ofiTence at the discretion of 

tho Faculty, in a sum not exceeding two dollar«, to be eollecfed by 



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the Proctor and paid to the Bursar, for the benefit of the University. 

The Proctor shall inspect their tenements and grounds once a week, fpect^'teneme™! 

and report all delinquencies to the Chairman of the Faculty. once a week, &c. 

S9. The tenement of the Hotel-keeper, within the true intent and Extent of Hotel- 

keeper'B tene- 
meaning of this enactment, shall be held to embrace not only the ho- moat. 

tel and grounds in his immediate possession, but all such dormito- 
ries as shall have been assigned to his hotel, for the accommodation 
of his boarders, the back yards attached to such dormitories, and the 
arcades in front thereof and in front of his hotel. 

40. All damage done to instruments, books, buildings, or other pro- Damagre to pro- 

s' 7 ' o ' i perty of Universi- 

perty of the University, by aay student, shall be made good at his ex- ty, how repaired, 
pense; and wilful injury to any tree, ihrub, or other plant,'within the 
precincts, shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten dollars, at th« 
discretion of the Faculty. 

41. The Faculty shall have the power, for offensivejconduct, of re- Facultj may re- 

move occupant 
moving the occupant from any dormitory. trom dormitory. 

42. Hacks and other carriages let on hire,shall be admitted within Hacks &c on 

the precincts of the University, only under such regulations as shaU what terms admit- 
^ ■"J o ted within ,pr»* 

be prescribed by the Faculty. cincts. 

43. The Faculty shall have power, from time to time, to prescribe Faculty may pr«- 
regulations of police, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, or of Folic«. 

the enactments of this Board; which regulations shall be submitted to 
the Visitors, at their next succeeding meeting, and shall be in force 
till disapproved by the Visitors, or repealed by the Faculty.* 



* The moit imporlint regulaliona of ths Faculty, will ba found in an Ap- 
pendix. 



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CHAPTER nil. 



RESIDENCE, EXPEIVSES, &c. 



Students not to j j^q gtudent shall be permitted to board or lodseout of the pre- 
board out the Lni. ^ i 

Tersity. but in fa. cinctsof the University, unless in the family of his parent or guar- 
milyofparent.&c. '_., ,,,_, _^ 

Except students dian, or of some parlic.ular friend approved by the Faculty. Except, 

twen^tv. ' ^^^ ° ^^^^ students above the age of twenty years, proving their ages to the 
satisfaction of the Faculty, may reside out of the precincts, in such 
private boarding houses as the Faculty may approve. 

Hotel and dornii. 2. The student shall not choose his quarters at pleasure ; but his 

lory to be assign- . . ■, t ■ ■, , -n j i_ 

ed to student by hotel and dormitory shall be assigned him by the Proctor, under the 
te rector. control of the Faculty : and they shall be SO distributed among the 

Equality of num- different hotels, as to preserve equality of numbers at each, as nearly 
bers among the . t i • • i • i r i -n i 

hotels to be pre- as convenient. Inthis assignment, the wishes of tke student will be 

^^^^ ■ respected, as far as may comport with equality of numbers at the 

hotels, and iitne.««s of residence in the dormitories : but students, being 
once located, must not be compelled to change their residence for 
the mere purpose of equality, and shall not be allowed to change ei- 
ther their hotels or dormitories, without the consent of the proper au- 
thority. 

Proctor to asstga 8. The Procter, under the direction of the Chairman, shall assign 

t^j" " the dormitories to the respective hotels, from time to time, as may be 

found expedient ; and shall give notice of such assignment to the 
Hotel-keeper. 

Student aurtiori,"- 4. If an Hotel-keeper be inattentive to the cleanliness of the dor- 



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mitories, or shall fail in hi3 duty to furnish proper fare, the Faculty ed to change hi« 

, . , 1 , , 1 1 • I 1 liotel, when. 

may authorise the student to change his hotel. 

5. A student may be permitted to change his dormitory by the To change his 
_, . . , , ■ dormitory, when. 
Chairman, for good cause shewn. 

6. Every student shall be required to have his name painted on the Name of student 
,„,.-. to be painted on 
door ot his dormitory. his door. 

7. Each student who may reside without the precincts, shall be re- Residence of non- 

■' resident student 

quired to register his place of residence with the Proctor. to be registered 

I • with Proctor. 

8. The keepers of hotels shall not furnish luxurious fare to their Description of fare 
boarders : but the fare shall be plentiful, plain, of good and whole- HoteWieepers. ^ 
some viands, neatly served and well dressed; and, in all its detaiJi;?, 
conformable to such rules as the Fa cult y may prescribe, pursuant'to 

this enactment. 

9. The Faculty are authorised and required, if they find it conve- Faculty may pre- 

scribe the detaila 
nient, to prescribe the details of the fare at the hotels, in the spirit of of fare. 

this enactment •, assuring, as far as may be, uniformity, throughout the 

institution. 

10. The Hotel-keepers shall furnish the students with diet, bed- Supplies to be fur. 

. , . ' nisned by Hotel- 

ding and furniture for their dormitories, and washing ; also proper keepers. 

attendance of servants for domestic and menial duties; the details of 

all which shall be regulated by the Faculty. For all these, they shall ^rice of board. 

receive at the rate of one hundred dollars, for the session, payable 

monthly. Students entering the University after the commencement To be paid for 

what lime, 
of the session, shall pay board only for the time unexpired, at the 

yearly rate. 

11. If any Hotel-keeper shall fail to comply with the rules pre- Penalty on Hotel- 

KGGDors i3ilino* to 
scribed by this enactment, or by the Faculty, there shall be such de- comply with the 

duction made from the amount of board allowed him, as the Faculty ^^^^^> "^^' 

shall judge proper. 

12. The Proctor shall superintend the hotels, shall inspect their Proctor to super, 
tables and the furnishment of the dormitories, at least once a month, inspect theix' ta- 
and whenever else he shall be required, by any Hotel-keeper or board- ^^'^^' ^^' 

er, or by the Faculty ; and he shall regularly report to the Faculty And report defi- 
all deficiencies and improprieties which he may observe, or of which culty. 
he may be informed. 

13. Whenever the washing of any student shall not be done by Students to have 

, „ , , . • their washing 

the Hotel-keeper in a proper manner, the Faculty may authorise the done by aaother, 



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when not proporlr Student to have it done by another, and deduct the price thereof 
dona. 

from his board. 

Hotel-keepers to 14. To inderaniiV the Hotel-keepers against all injuries to their 

be indeninified for 

injuries to furni- furniture proceeding from the students, the Proctor, whenever re- 
quired by the Hotel-keeper, shall assess a fair compensation for any 
such injury, subject, however, to the final judgment of the Faculty, 
on an appeal to them by either party : and on his warrant to that ef- 
fect, drawn on the Patron, the latter shall retain the sum so assessed, 
out of the pocket money of the student in his hands ; or, if there be 
no pocket money, then out of such other money of the student as is 
not otherwise specially appropriated, and shall pay it over to the 
Hotel-keeper. 

The Proctor to 15. The Proctor shall furnish the students with fuel and candles, at 

furnish the stu- . i ,• 1 .^ ^ 

dents with fuel pi"-n3e cost and charges, adding only five per cent thereon, as a com- 

an can es. pensation for his risk and trouble. Supplies of these articles are to be 

purchased by him, on the best terms, in large quantities, at the most 
convenient seasons; and he shall deliver them to the students at their 
respective dormitories, the wood sawed in proper lengths for their 
fire places. The cost of this labor is to be added to the original cost 
of the article, and charged to the student. A reasonable sum, to be 
approved by the Faculty, is also to be added to the original cost of 
Shall keep an ac- the wood, to compensate for shrinkage. He shall keep a regular ac- 
count ot supplies count of the supplies to each student, the amount of which, on his 

to each stucent. ^' 

Tob3 paid him by rendering such account to the Patron, shall be paid him by the Pa- 
te atron. tron, out of the funds of the. student in his hanJs. — To enable him 

more conveniently to execute the duties imposed on him by this en- 
A wood yard to be actment, a fit wood-yard may be provided at the expense of the Uni- 
provided. versity, under the direction of the Executive Committee. 

Price of board in 16. No keeper of any of the hotels of the University, shall require 
hotels ; ^j. j-eggjyg more than one hundred dollars for dieting any student dur- 

ing the session of ten months and a half, and for furnishing him with 
bedding and furniture for his dormitory, washing, and proper at- 
And of non-resi- tendance of servants ; nor shall any person boarding elsewhere tham 
dsnt stHdents. ^yith his parents, in any house, and using wine or ardent spirit!, mix- 
ed or unmixed, within such house, or its tenements, or paying more 
than one hundred and twenty dollars for diet, lodging, and other offi- 



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ces and accommodationi of the house and tenement, during a like 
term, be admitted to any school of the University. 

17. The dormitories shall be occupied by two students each, if ne- ^-ent of dormito- 

ry and public 
cessary, and no more, at sixteen dollars yearly rent, to be paid to the buildings. 

Patron, one half by each occupant, or the whole by one, if there be 
only one ; and every student, within the same term, shall pay to the 
Patron, also, for the University, fifteen dollars, annually, for his par- 
ticipation in the use of the public apartments, during the session. No 
deduction shall be made from these charges, on account of the stu- 
dent's not entering at the commencement of the session. 

18. When any student shall leave the University, by permission of when to b« re- 
the Faculty, on account of ill health, or shall die before the end of f»"ded. 

the session, the Proctor shall return to him, his parent, guardian, or 
proper representative, a proportion of the rent which he sliall have paid 
for his dormitory and the use of the public rooms, bearing the same 
ratio to the whole amount of rent paid, that the residue of the ses- 
sion after his removal or death, bears to the w hole session. 

1 9. Every student shall pay to the Professor whom he attends, if he ^''-ofessors' fee., 
attends but one, fifty dollars for the session of ten months and a half; 

if two, thirty dollars each ; if three or more, twenty-five dollars each. 
He shall, thereupon, be entitled to attend all the classes of the Pro- 
fessors, whose schools he joins. "^ 

20. Any student wisiiinfT to attend the class of Materia Medica, in Fees foi attending 

•' ° ' puilicular classes. 

the school of Chemistry and Materia Medica, of Physiology, or of 
Medical Jurisprudence, in the school of Medicine, or of Government 
and General Politics, in the school of Law, shall be allowed to doso, 
on the payment of a fee of fifteen dollars, each. The fees above pre- 
scribed shall be paid, at whatever period of the session the student 
may enter. 

21. When a student shall attend any classof a Professor, for which How regulated, 

•' wlien a student iit- 

a fee of fifteen' dollars is allowed, and shall, at the same time, attend tends one or 

one other Professor, to whom a full fee is allowed, that fee shall be ^^,13^, classesi- 
forty-five dollars ; if he attend two or more such classes, paying fif- 
teen dollars to each, and one Professor receiving a full fee — or one 
class paying fifteen dollars, and two Professors receiving a full fee — 
the full fee to the Professor, in each of these cases, shall be thirty 
dojlart ; if he attend two or more classes, paying to each fifteen dol- 



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lars, and two Professors receiving a full fee, the full fee to each of 
these Professors shall be twenty-five dollars. In all other cases, the 
fees shall be as at present prescribed; and no Professor shall receive 
from a student, more than fifteen dollars, if such student attend only 
the class in his school, for which the fee of fifteen dollars is pre- 

naueT[o°nmithb ^^"''^'^ ' """^ "^'^^^ ^"J' Professor, unless for good cause, and with the 

studies, &c. when assent of tlie Faculty, permit a student who shall have paid the full 

be has paid the n r \ ■ i i i- • 

fuU fee. lee tor his school, to limit his studies to the class for which a fee of 

fifteen dollars is prescribed, or to pretermit the other studies of his 
schorl. 

22. In order that the expenses of the students may be restrained 
within that reasonable limit, which willjiiake the^beii£&-'^^^^tk^ ^ 
' stitution altainatJe by thg^greatest number ; that their funds may be 
administered with the least interruption to their studies, and in the 
manner best calculated to subserve the purposes for which they are 
supolied ; that their minds may not be unnecessarily withdrawn by 
the temptations of parade and pleasure, from the acquirement of lite- 
rature and science, useful habits and honorable distinction ; the Rec- 
tor and Visitors do enact as follows : 
Student to deposit 03^ j^q student resident within the precincts, shall matriculate till 

all his funds with 

the Patron. he shall have deposited with the Patron, all the money, checks, bills, 

drafts and other available funds, which he shall havein his posse.'^sion, 

or under his control, in any manner intended to defray his expenses 

while a student of the University, or on his return from thence to his 

The amount to be residence. Nor shall he matriculate, till he shall have deposited a 

deposited, in order £c • * n. j i .• ^u * td .. •■ ■ ■ 

to matriculate. ^^™ ^t least siimcient, alter deducting the Patron s commission, to pay 

for the use of his dormitory and the public rooms, to pay the fees of 
the Professors whom he may design to attend, to pay three months 
board to his Hotel-keeper, and to purchase the text books and sta- 
tionary which he may want at the commencement ; and ten dollars, 
to cover contingent charges and assessments against him. If he de- 
posit more than this, he shall designate the uses to which it is to be 
applied ; whether for board, for clothing, for books and stationary, 

The Patron's re- ^j. f^j. pocket monev. ISor shall he matriculate, till he shall have 
ceipt therefor to ^ ' 

be delivered to produced to the Proctor the Patron's receipt for the deposit so 
Proctor. 

made. 

And all the funds *'*• ^^ like manner, he shall deposit with the Patron all the fund* 



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which he shall receive, while a student of the University, for the pur- '^« "^all receir* 

while a student, 
poses aforesaid ; designate the uses to which they are to be applied ; 

take the Patron's receipt therefor, and forthwith deliver it to the Proc- 
tor. 

25. At the end of tlie first three monthsof the session, he shall de- At wliat periods of 

Ino session, he 
posit enough to pny iiis board and other expenses for the next three shall make depo- 
. . . n 1 si Is for his board, 

months ; and at the expnution or the second period of three months, 

he shall deposit enough to pay his board and other expenses for the 

residue of the session. 

26. If the student fail to deposit in advance the two last instal- ^^easures to be 

taken on failure td 
ments of his board, as herein required, or to produce the Patron's re- deposit, &c. 

ceipt to the Proctor ; and shall be in default for ten days; the Proc- 
tor shall report hitnto the Chairman of the Faculty, tliat proper mea- 
sures m ly be taken to compel performance, and if necessary to punish 
the default. 

27. No student resident out of the University shall matricu'ate Deposit to bt 
•II I I II I 1 • 1 • 1 1 n ^1 r,^ ■ ■<• made bv non-resi- 

till lie shall iiave deposited with tlie Patron, funds sufhcient, after de- dent students. 

ducting the Patron's commission, to pay the fees of the Professors 
whom he designs to attend, the sum charged him for the use of the 
public rooms; and ten dollars, as a deposit to cover contingent charg- 
es, and assesments against him for injuries to the buildings and other 
property of the University. And if at any time this deposition shall 
be exhausted, before the end of the session, the use of the public 
rooms shall be denied him, till he shall have paid any Tjalance of as- 
sessments against him, and have made such further deposit with the 
Patron, as the Chairman of the Faculty shall require. 

28. When the student shall deposit any funds with the Patron, he Studpnt shall take 

' •' . the Patron's ro- 

shall take from him a fair receipt, stating the amount deposited, the ceipt, to be deli- 

..... , ... T , vered to the Proc- 

several purposes to whicu it is to be applied, and the amount appro- ^^^ 

priatcd to each purpose ; which receipt he shall deliver to the Proc- 
tor, to be by him carefully preserved. And, if the student desire it, 
the Patron shall, at the same time, give him a duplicate receipt for 
his own keeping. 

29. The expenses of the student resident in the University, shall be ^''^^'-ti"" f ^h.e 

•' ' expenses 01 re,ii- 

limited as follows : deni studsuts. 

For board, the use of dormitory and public rooms, and tuition feei, 

as prescribed by other enactments. 

G 



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Vot clotiiing, during the session, a sum not exceeding one hun- 
dred dollars. 

For pocket money, during the session, not exceeding forty dol- 
lars. 

For books and stationary, whatever the parent or guardian may 
think fit to allow. 

For medicine and medical attendance, whatever may be necessa- 
ry. 

The limits here prescribed, shall, in no case, be exceeded ; unless, 
under special circumstances, the Faculty may allow it. 

Proctor to address 30. As soon as any student shall have mat iculated, it shall be the 
a letter to the pa- , „ , ^ , , ... ,. , 

rent or o-uardian duty or the rroctor to adc.ress a letter to his parent or guardian, and 

** f,r„,fu.-,^'L° '^ send it by mail, informing him of the regulations of the University, 
matriculation. j 7 o o . ' 

relative to the expenditure of the student, apprising him particularly 
of the limitation upon each particular item of expenditure, and that 
all the funds of the student must pass through ihe hands of the Proc- 
tor. Printed circulars for this purpose shall bs prepared at the ex- 
pense of the University, according to a form to be prescribed by the 
Chairman of the Faculty. 

Uniform pieacrib- Si. The dress of the students, wherever resident, shall be uniform 
ed. 

and plain. The coat, waistcoat and pantaloons, of cloth of a dark 

gray mixture, at a price not exceeding six dollars per yard. The 
coat shall be single-breasted ; with a standing cape, and skirts of a 
moderate length, with pocket flaps. The waistcoat shall be single- 
breasted, with a standing collar ; and the pantaloons, of the usual 
form. The buttons of each garment to be flat, and covered with the 
same cloth. The pantaloons and waistcoat of this dress may vary 
■with the season : the latter of which, when required by the season, 
may be of white ; the fornier, of light brown co'.ton or linen. Shoes, 
and in no case boots, shall be worn by them. The neck-cloth shall 
be plain black, in the cold ; white, in (he warm season. The hat 
round and black. 

A surtoul maj b« 82. A surtout, of cloth of the color and price above prescribed, may 

worn. 

be worn, but shall not be substituted on examinations and public ex- 
hibitions within the University, for the uniform coat first prescrib- 
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.19. The form of the dress, in each crtiele, shall b« according to a Model of iiniforiw 
model to be provided by the Proctor under the direction of tha Exe- 
cutive Committee ; with conspicuous badges on the coats, such as 
they shall prescribe. In rase of mourning, the custom-iry badges 
may always be added. 

34. The uniform thus pre-^cribed, shall be strictly enforced, and Unifonn to bo 

strictly enforced, 
shall be worn on all occasions, both within and without the precincts, 

when the student appears out of his room, (?xcept only that in warm 

weather, he may wear such light gown or coat within the precincts, 

83 the Chairman may approve. 

35. No resident student shall contract any debt whatever : but, Resident student 

. ' shall not contract 

for every tlung purchased by him, he shall forthwith pay the cash, or debts. 

draw upon a fund in the hands ol' the Patron, adequate and applica- 
ble thereto. 

36. Upon the final settlement of the Patron witli each student a- Patron shall take 

from student, on 
bout to leave the University, or having left it, the Patron shall take settlement, a writ- 

from him a written declaration to the following effect : ^" ^^ '^'^^ "^"' 

I do hereby declare, that I have deposited with the Patron all the ''® ^"'"'"• 
funds whicli have been received by me, or have been under my con- 
trol, since I matriculated, accoiding to the obvious intent and mean- 
ing of the enactments upon that subject ; and t'lat I have received 
from him the sum of in full for tb.e balance in his hands due 

to me. 

37. Jf the student shall not have deposited all his funds, then the form Alteration of form, 
of the declaration shall be altered, by adding an e.vception of the shall'^norhave de- 
sum not so deposited ; and the Patron shall be entitled to a corn- '^°^*^^'^ ^" '"' 
mission of four per cent, on the amount thereof. 

38. If the student shall refuse to give such written declaration, the Penalty on refusal 

. , , , 1 , • r I • 1 ,• ^° make such de- 

Patron shall be entitled to demand and receive from him, the sum of claration. 

twenty dollars, in addition to his commission on the funds deposit- 
ed. 

39. In all cases in which the student shall fail to make the written Patron to report 

the refusal to tha 
declaration above required, or in which it shall appear that he has not Chairman. 

deposited the whole of his funds with the Patron, in pursuance of the 

enactments, the Patron shall report the fact to the Chairman of the To be laid before 

the Faculty and 
Faculty, in order that it may be laid before the Faculty and Visitors' Visitors. 

, . , , _ r a- I Measures to be ta- 

and otherwise properly animadverted upon, tor such otience, the ken thereupon 



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student shall be liable to any of the punishments prescribed by tha 
enactnoents, minor or major ; and the Chairman shall communicate 
the delinquency to the parent or guardian •, provided, however, that 
when a student shall have made a written declaration of the amount 
not deposited by him, no other penalty than the payment of the four 
per c«nt. above prescribed shall be inflicted. 



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CHAPTER V. 



fvlBRARY AND PUBLIC ROOMS. 

The Library of the University shall be under the following regula- 
tions : 

1. The books shall be kept in the upper room of the Rotunda. Where the books 

are to be kept. 

2. The Library shall be under the care of a Librarian to be ap- To be under th« 

pointed by the Visitors ; who shall hold his office during their plea- ^J^ 

sure, and shall receive as a compensation for his services, a salary of H'" salary 

' ' May employ air 

two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly. To sistants. 
aid in tlie performance of his duties, he may employany assistants ap- 
proved by the Faculty. lie shall be responsible for their conduct ; 
and they may be removed at any time, either by himself or by the 
Faculty. 

3. He shall have the use of a dormitory, free of rent, may attend He shall have th« 

use ot a dorinito- 

any of the lectures in the University, without fee, and shall have free ry.may atiendleo- 

use of the books of the library 5 but he shall carry none beyond the 

precincts of the University ; he shall take none from the library, the 

removal whereof is interdicted by the Faculty ; he shall return all 

taken out, within such time as the Faculty shall prescribe; he shall HisresponsibilU/. 

be answerable for all damage, to the books, apartment, furniture or 

ether property of the library, arising from any neglect or breach of 

his duty, and especially for all books taken from the library, contrary 

to rule. 

4. For neglect of duty, or misconduct in office, his functions may May be suspended 
° ' for negUct, &c. 

be suspended by the Faculty, in the recess of the Board of Visitors, 



and the suspension may be continued till the Board shall rc-instat« 

him. During such suspension, his salary shall cease, unless otherwis* 

ordered by the Board of Visitors. 

Vacancies, how 5. All vacancies in the office of ^Jbrarian, occurring during the rc- 
supplied. 

cess of the Visitors, whether by death, resignation, suspension or 

otherwise, shall be filled pro tempore, by an appointment by the Fa- 
culty, to continue not longer than the next meeiing of the Visitors. 

He shall keep a 6. He shall keep a book in tlie library, in wliich he shall regularly 

Teijister of books , , ii..ii_ ,. j 1. -o c 

taken out of libra- enter every volume taken out, wnether by a student, rrolessor, or 

*-5'- _ himself; with the time when the same was taken, and when relum- 

ed : so that it may be always known in whose hands every book is, 
and the time that it has been in the hands of the borrower. 

Shall eonform to 7. The Librarian shall conform to all such rules as shall, from time 

■all rules, &c. , . _ , . , 1 1 n 1 c tt- ■ 

to time, be prescrioed for his conduct by the Board 01 Visitors, or by 

the Faculty, in pursuance of the authority vested in them by the Vi- 
sitors ; and it is especially enjoined on him, to be vigilant in preserv- 
incrthe books, room, and its furniture from all manner of injury : 

ghall report all j^jj^i j-q i^jg gjjj] Jt shall be his duty to report to the proper authority, 
breachef of rule?. ' ' , . . 

all breaches of the rules for the government of the library, committed 

Shall debit siu- by a student. He shall regularly debit the student with all lines and 
dent with fines. . , , . • ^ ^ t ■^ i l 

&c. and leport to damages incurred by hira, on account or the Liorary, and report the 

same to the Proctor, who shall charge the amount to the student, and 
inform the Patron thereof, by whom it shall be paid, out of the stu- 
dent's funds in his hands. 

Shall see that all 3. He shall see that every book belonging to the Library be in its 

bonks are in place i /> i r- • ' 

on the first day of place on the shelves, upon the first day of every meeting of the Visi- 

meelingof the Vi- , , , j j ■ ^.t • -^i- 1 i .1 • 

gliQjs tors ; and not renioved during their sitting, unless by their permis- 

sion ; in order that the whole library may be subject to their inspec- 
tion. And he is required to report to the Board of Visitors, at the 
commencement of every stated annual meeting, the names of all thosej 
whether Professors or others, who may withhold books from the li- 
brary in violation of the enactraen's. 

Catalogues shall q Accurate Catalogues of the books shall be kept by the Libra- 
be kept. 

rian, and copies thereof, from time to time, furnished to the Visitors, 

Professors, students and others, as shall be directed by the Facul- 
ty- 
Proctor shall itt- JO. At every meeting of the Board of Visitors, the whole library 



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ehall be carefully insj)ected, by the Proctor alone, or by the Proctor 8pe<^t ihe whol« 

library, when, 
and such commiltce as the Board shLili appoint, in order to ascertain 

whether each volume be in ils i)lace, and in proper preservation, and 

a written report of" the condition of the library shall be made to the 

Board, by such inspectors. 

11. The Professors of the University shall, at all times, have free f'"'®^^°''^ ■'^*" 

liave free use of 

use of the books of the library, and free access thereto, in the confi- the books. 
donee that they v/ill not keep the books longer than while in actual 
and active use, and that they v.ill leave with the Librarian a note of 
the books borrowed. 

12. Such books as, on account of their rarity, value, peculiar lia- Pari'^"'!" books 

•^ ' not to be removed 

bleness to injury, or for other good reason, ought not to be carried f'om ilie library. 
from the library, shall be designated by the Faculty ; and being so 
designated, they shall not be lent to any one, or carried fi'om the li- 
brary by any person, except by special permission of the Faculty. 

13. Students may borrow from the library all books not so prohi- 
bited, under the following reguhitions : 

First. Before any book shall be lent to a student, the Faculty Students may bor- 
row books notpro- 
shall prescribe, by a general regulation, the authority on which books Iiibited, undtrpre- 
,,,,,,. , , , , X -1 II • ■ 1 • scribed reffula- 

shull be delivered to a student by the Librai lan, and the time within t,ons. 

which they ihall be returned ; regulating tliat time with reference to 
the size of the volume lent, and to a diligent use of it by the stu- 
dent : and no book shall be lent by any other than the Librarian, 
or on any o;her authority than that so prescribed by the Faculty. 

Secondly. Books shall be lent to the student for the purpose of 
reading only, and not for the ordinary purpose of getting lessons in 
them as school books. 

Thirdly. No student shall have more than three volumes in his 
possession at any time. 

Fourthly. If any student deface, injure or lose any book of the 
Library, he sh.ill pay one-half the value of the book,ii' defaced ; dou- 
ble the value, if otherwise injured ; and threefold, if lost ; and shall 
be suspended from the privilege of borrowing, during such time as 

the Faculty shall adjudge : but if the book defaced, injured or lost, 

be a ■volume of a set, the case shall be referreil to the Faculty, and 
the student may be compelled by their order, either to pay the fine, or 
to pay for the whole set, or replace it, — he taking the old, and being 



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relieved from the fine. If the student object to any charge made a- 

gainst him by the Librarian, the Faculty shall decide. 

Library open to 14. The library shall be open to students every day, except Sjh- 
tstudenls evf rv day . i ri i i n •. i ,i i ,i 

except Sunday. day, during such hours as the r acuity shall prescribe : but they shail 

be adaiit ed. within it, only for the purpose of consulting such books 
as they do not desire to carry from the library ; and not for the pur- 
pose of borrowing books, or returning those already borrowed. Bor" 
rowed books shall be del vt red out, and received back, at some con- 
venient place jvithout the library, to be designated by the Faculty, 
within the hours when the library is open. 

Students tn obtain 15. Students desiring to entei the library for the purpose of con- 
tickets of admis i ■ i t i ■ 

,ion. sultmg books therem, shall obtain tickets of admission, in such man- 

ner as the Faculty shall prescribe. The numbers to be admitted at 
any one time, shall be so limited as to secure order : such admissions 
shall be only within the reguh-r hours for keeping open the library, 
and shall always be in presence of the Librarian or one of his assist- 
ants : while so admitted, the student shall observe perfect order and 
decorum, shall preserve silence, shall abstain from injury, either to 
the books, the building, ^r the furniture, and he shall take no book 

Shall furnish a from its shelf. Of any bo.jk that he shall wish to consult, he shall 
nieiiioraiidoin to _ 

the Librarian nf furnish a memorandum to the Librarian or his assistant ; and the Li- 
the bjou he wish, s . . 1 1, 1 I 1 T 1 11 • , , n 
tocuusult. bran in or his assistant shall plaee the booii on the table provided for 

that purpose, for the use of the student, and shall return it to its place, 
when tha student has done with it. 
Shall pay for dam- 16. If any student, whUe in tlte library, shall do any damage to any 
age o i)j } . book, or to the building, or fiirniture, or other proper, y belonging to 
the LTniversity, -ijeshall.^ay such damages as shall be assessed there- 
for by the Faculty ; aad for this, or any other ~ misconduct' while in 
library, he shall be liable to such other punis!une.^t as the Board, in 
their discretion, may adjsidge. 
Siranrersmay vi- ■'^- Strangers whom the Librarian mf\y be willing to attend, mayvi- 
«jt,ihe library. gj^ ^j-,g library at such hours, and in such numbers, as the Faculty may 
prescribe : bu^to prevent derangement of tiie books, they are to take 
no book from the shelf, but in his presence. They may also be per- 
mitted to consult any book, to read in it, make notes or quotations 
from it, at the table, under such accommodations and arrangements 
as the Librarian shall prescribe, on his own responsibility. 



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18. The uoper circular room of the Rotunda shall be'preserved for Public rooms, how 

'' •• 1 11 /I 1 11 appropriated. 

a Library. The elliptical rooms on its middle floor, shall be used 

for annual examinations, for lectures in the different schools, and for 

religious worship, under the rfgulrition3,,to be prescribed ^y law. 

The rooms in tlie basetnent ;-(oiv of Uic n.'iiunda sluil! be, oire cf' 

them for a chemical laboratory, lur any. necessary pur 

poses for which they may be adajju.,. 

19. The two open apartments adjacent iu the Siuud ,,. . . .^i s 
Rotunda, shall beapnropriated to the gymnastic exerciaes and games 

of the students ; among which shall be reckoned military exercises. 

20. The small room on the first floor of the Rotunda, shall be fit- Room for the rs- 

. ^-1 ' ceptioH of Mr. Jef- 

ted for the reception of the natural and artificial curiosities, given to ferson's donation, 
the University by the late venerable Rector ; and they shall be there 
suitably arranged for preservation and exhibition. The care and cus- 
tody of this apartment shall, for the present, be confided to the Li- 
brarian, under such regulations as the Faculty may prescribe. 



5S 



AFPENBiX. 

The following enactment of the Visitors, was accidentally omit- 
ted in its proper place, in the first chapter. 
Penalty on Proc- If the Proctor shall neglect or violate any duty prescribed to him by 
^°,j ° the laws of the Universit}^, besides being liable to an action on his 

bond, he shall pay to the Bursar, for the benefit of the University, a 
fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, for any one oftence, to be assess- 
ed by the Faculty. 



REGULATIONS OF THE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIR- 
GINIA. 

The US8 of musical The use of musical instruments is interdicted, during lecture hours 
instruinents,when -, c^ , ^ ■ ^ ^ n n i 

interdicted. ^Dd alter ten at night, as well as on Sundays. 

Insult to oiBcers, Any student who shall insult an Hotel-keeper or other officer, for 

&c.how punished. ^ ■ i • i t-i i i n i • ■ t - i i 

preferring a complaint to the i acuity, shall be visited with the sever- 
est punishments permitted by the enactments. 

J^eave to reside During any vacation, none who were students, or intend to become 

witliin the Lni- 

vergitv during va- SO, shall be permitted to reside within the Unisersily, without permis- 

j^jj'^'^j^' ~ sion from the Chairman, and without pledging himself to conform to 

the lules and regulations of the University. 

Ree'ilations re- It shall be the duty of . any student applying for leave to absent 

sptcting leave of . ' _ *' 

absence. himself from the University, according to the rule prescribed in the 

enactments (page 3§) to state the period for which leave is asked ; 



59 

;!(1 any student exceedmg the period for wliicli such leave was grant- 
ed, and nolapplying indue^ime,by letter to tlje Cliairman, lor an ex- 
tension of leave, shall, unless satisfactory reasons to the contrary are 
assigned, be considered as absent without leave, and be immediately 
proceeded with accordingly. 

A student who has graduated in any of the schools of the University, A graduate in any 

school may attend 
may be allowed, with the permission of the Professor of such school, lectures gratui- 

to attend the lectures and other exercises therein, gratuitously, and 

shall not be required to undergo the public examination in that 

school. 

The Faculty will not, but upon occasions of strong necessity, en- Leave of absence 
1 • r 1 • 1 TT • • 1 • n I ^^ timo of public 

tcrtKin applications for leave to quit the University, at the time of the examination. 

public examinations, and any such applications when proceeding from 

parents or guardians must be made directly from them to the Facul- 

ty. 

A student shall be allowed one month from the time of his matri- One month allow 

ed f<.r entering 
culation, to enter additional classes on the same terms as if he had en- additional classes. 

tered them at fiist. 

As a general rule by which the attainments necessary for gradua- Attainments re- 

quiied for gradua- 
tion in'the several schools are to be estimated, it is resolved, that di- tion. 

plomas shall not be given for less proficiency Una such as it would 

ordinarily require an attentive student, of good talents, two years to 

attain. The Hotel-keepers shall furnish the students with clean Hotel-keepers to 
' lurnijili clean 

sheets and pillow-cases at least once a fortnight, and with clean tow- sheets and pillow- 
cases once a fort- 
cls at least twice a week. night. 

It shall be the duty of the Hotel-keepers to have the dormitories Dormitories to be 

. washed out once a 

under their charge washed out at least once a fortniglit. fortnight. 

It shall be also their duty to visit the dormitories under their charge To be visited by 
themselves, or to have them regularly inspected by some agent approv- once a week. 
cd by the Chairman, not less frequently than once a week, for the 
purpose of seeing that the servants do their duty, and that the com- 
forts of the students are properly attended to. 

The Hotel-keepers are required to furnish a list of such of their Boarders absent 

from breakfast to 

boarders as are absent from breakfast, and of those who appear at be reported, 
breakfast, half an hour after the bell has been rung. 

The Proctor is required to make a monthly report to the Chairman Proctor to report 

...J to Chairman, 

of the Faculty, of the state of the dormitories, hotels and public build- monthly, the stat« 



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of dormitorie5,&c. ingg^ and of any matters relating to the students or Hotel-keepers 
which, may be worthy of being noticed. This report to be laid, by the 
Chairman, at each monthly meeting, before the Faculty. 



ERRATA. 

Page 16, line 14 and 15 — Strike out ' on the warrant of the 

Proctor.' 
Page 1 7, line 8 — Strike out ' upon the warrant of the Proctor.' 
Page 17, line 11 — Instead of, 'and retaining his commission, 
shall pay the Professors' fees, shall pay to the Bursar, upon 
the warrant of the Proctor, what is due,' &c. — insert ' and 
retaining his commission shall, upon the warrant of the 
Proctor, j)ay to the Professors their fees, and to the Bursar 
what is due,' &c. 



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INDEX. 



Absence from precincts after night, prohibited 87 

Account to be opened against the Bursar 14 
Account of supplies to each student to be kept by Proctor, 

to be paid by Patron — 

Accounts, Proctor's to be hiid before the Visitors, &c. 14 

Accounts, &c. of Patron, subject to inspection of Chairman 18 

Age of student on admission SO 

may be dispensed witii in the case of two brothers, &c. — • 

Anniversaries, celebration of regulated 41 

Antient Languages, school of 23 

Ardent spirits not allowed 21 

Arms, substitutes for, to be provided 34 

B 

Balance in hands of Patron to be paid over in case of expulsion 1 7 

Bank of Virginia, Patron to open account with — 

Bell to be rung at dawn 42 

Board, price of 15 

to be paid for what time — 

deduction from amount of, when made — 

price of to non-resident students 46 

deposits for, when made 49 

Bond, Proctor's to be approved, how 12 

; , Patron's, how given 15 

Books, particular not to be removed 55 

students may borrow — 

Books, stationarj;, &.c. to be paid for on order of student 1 6 

Buildings and grounds to be assigned the Proctor 14 

Bursar, account to be opened against — 

C 

Candidates for Degrees must be able to write the English Ian 

f guage 3$ 

f Candles, &c. to be furnished by Proctor 46 



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Chairman, how appointed 9 
his salary _ 
duties — 
proctor, &c. subject to his control — 
shall convene Facult)', when — 
shall preside at meetings of the Faculty — 
pro. em. when to be appointed - — 
may suspend a student till trial 10 
may inflict minor punishment on his own authority — 
shall lay before the Faculty information — 
shall bring offences before them — 
- shall keep a journal, &c. — 
shall note all offences, Sec. — 
Chemistry and Materia Medica, school of 24 
Circulars to be sent to parent or guardian " 27 
Class to be examined previous to lecture — 
Class not to be left, &c. S8 
Cleanliness to be preserved 13 
of tenements, Professors and Hotel-keepers an- 
swerable for 4-2 
College Central, conveyance of lands from, accepted 3 
university established on site of the — 
visitors of, their powers not to be suspended 6 
Combinations punished ' 39 
Commission of 2 per cent, to be retained by Patron 16 
Conduct riotous, disorderl}', and intemperate, how punished 39 
Consolidated report to to be made to Visitors 29 
divisions of — 
(/ontracting debts prohibited 37 
Contumacy, how punished 39 
what considered — 

D 

Damage to property, how repaired 43 

Debts shall not be contracted 51 

Declaration to be taken from student — 

penalty on refusing to make a " — 

refusal to make, to be reported to Chairman — 

Default of Patron, proceedings in case of 18 

Degrees shall be the reward of diligence and merit 31 

candidates for, must be able to write the English 

language 33 

Delinquency, habitual, how dealt with 38 

Demxonstrator of Anatomy and Surgery to be appointed 25 

his duties — 

how appointed — 

shall be allowed a house * — 

his salary — 

and fees — g 

shall be a member of the Faculty' — -J 

Deposit of Funds, violation of enactment concerning, punished 37 

Deposits, failure to make, &c. by non-residents — 

Disbursements unauthorised, penalty for 18 



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Discipline and Police 36 

Dispensary enactment respecting (in notes) -21 

Dogs prohibited in the precincts 36 

Door of student to be opened to Professor 38 

Dormitories to be assigned to hotels 44 

rent of to be paid to the Bursar 16 

to be inspected by Proctor 42 

injuries of, to be reported to Chairman 13 

occupants of permitting oflences, how punished 39 

Dormitory, occupant of may be removed by Faculty 43 

when authorised to be changed 45 

Drains to be kept free 42 

Drunkenness punished 39 

Duelling, &c. punished 40 

information to be given to civil authority . — 

E 

Entertainments, festive prohibited 36 

Equaliiy of numbers among hotels 44 

Examinations and Degrees 31 

Examinations, when ! eld . — 
no student to be absent from ■" — 

plan of (in note) — • 

Examination to be had previous to lecture 27 

Expelled students inhibited from coming within the precincts 40 

Expense, habits of restrained 39 

Expenses, limitation of 49 

Expulsion not final until approved by Visitors 40 

F 

Faculty, number of, to constitute a quorum 10 

may appoint a Secretary — 

may call upon the Chairman for information 1 1 

Fare, description of the 45 

Faculty may prescribe the details of — 

Fees to Proft ssors 47 

for particular classes — 

Festive entertainments prohibited " 36 

Fuel arid Candles to be furnished by Proctor 46 

Funds to be deposited with Patron 48 

amount of, in order to matriculate — 

receipt for, to be delivered to PrOctor — 

Funds of student in Patron's hands, how administered 1( 

not to be mingled by Patron It 

Furniture, injuries indemnified 46 

G 

TrMrnes of chance not allowed 21 

aing ; unished 39 

implements of, prohibited — 

Graduate in portions of schools 33 

Gymnastic exercises 34 

H 

Habits, bad, how dealt with 33 



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of dormitorie. Hacks, Sic. how admitted within precincts 43 

Horses pvohibited in the precincts, when 36 

Hotels and dormitories to be assigned to student by Proctor 44 

Hotel, when authorised to be changed — 

Hotel-keepers, to be appoirrted by Procior 19 

shall execute a covenant in writing — 

shall not resign appointment without leave, &c. 20 

may be removed, how ' — 

shall be charged with cleanliness, &c. of Hotel 21 

shall be assistant to Proctor, &c. — 

shall visit rooms of students in the morningi — 

shall give testimony — 

shall not furnish entertainment for pay, &c. — 

nor entertain any expelled student, &c. — 

nor permit his hotel to be used except as a 

boarding-house, &c. — 

norsuSer games of chance, norardent spirits, &c. — 

may be fined for /oreach of duty — 

I 

Janitor to be employed 21 

shall be assistant to the Proctor 22 

shall visit dormitories in the morning — 

his duties — 

Idleness, how dealt with 38 

Inattendance, &.C. in school punished 36 

Instruction, "how to be communicated 27 

L 

Law, school of - ^ 24 

Laws, copy of, to be furnished student 30 ^ 

to be preserved by him 31 

Laws of the land, offences against 40 

Leave to visit precincts may be given to dismissed^students 41 

Lectures, hours of, from commencement to the last of April 25 

scheme of — 

hours of, from last of April, to end of session — 

hours of to be carefully observed 27 

hours of the class of Anatomy and Surgery, to be 

under the control of Professors — 

hours of extra also — 

Letter to be addressed by Proctor to Parent or Guardian 50 

Library and public rooms 53 

Library, regulations respecting — 

to be inspected by Proctor 54 

open every day except Sunday 56 

tickets of admission to — 

strangers may be admitted to — 

Librarian to be appointed 63 

his salary « — 

may employ assistants — ^ 

shall have the use of dormitory, Stc. — ■ 

his responsibility — 



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Librarian maj be suspended $% 

vacancy, how supplied §4 

shall keep f. register of booka 

shall rei orl) all breaches of rules, &.c. 

shall dcjit students with fines 

shall see that all books are in place, kc. 

shall keep catalogues __ 

Liquors, spirituous and vinous,'prohibitod M 

IVl 

Masks or disguises, prohibited St 

Master of Arts, degree of, to be conferred St 

Mathematics, school of ft 

Matriculation SO 

Medicine, school of 44 

Professor of, may practice, where and h»w 1 1 

Military, instructor to be provided 84 

Minor offences, repetition of, how punished S7 

M. D., title of, in school of medicine SS 

Modern languages, school of ft 

tutor to be employed i« i4 

Moral Philosophy, school of — 

N 

Name of student to be painted on his door 46 

student refusing, how punished 8t 

Natural Philosophy, school of tS 

Noises prohibited, &c. S8 
Non-resident students, residence of to be registered by Proctor 4i 

O 

Occupants of dormitories permitting offences, how punished 69 

of dormitory may be removed by Faculty 48 

Offences, Professors to discover and prevent 88 

minor, repetition of, how punished 87 

Orations and addresses regulated — 



Patron shall be appointed, &c. 1* 

give bond and security — 

how appointed, &c. — 

shall be Patron of all students resident, &c. 
shall retain a commission of 2 per cent, 
upon warrant of Proctor, shall pay to Professor's tuitioa 

fees 
shall pay to the Hotel-keepers what is duo for board 
to the Bursar sums due for rent of dormitories 
for books, stationary, &c. 
orders of students on account of pocket money 
shall nav :;ver theballance in his hands, m case of ex- 



it 



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pulsion, &c. 
Patron shall take a written declaration 

shall receive tuition fees, &c. from non-resident students 

shall give student a receipt 

shall keep accounts of receipts, Slc. 

shall not mingle funds, &c. 

shall open account with Bank of Virginia 

his accounts and vouchers subject to inspection of 

Chairman 
shall be assistant to Proctor, Sec. 
shall reside within precincts 
may keep a book-store 
Patron's receipt to be taken by student and delivered to Proctor 
Penalty for unauthorised disbursements by Patron 

and for violation of any other duty 
Pocket money, orders on account of, to be paid, Stc. 
Police, regulations of, may be prescribed by Faculty 
Precincts, inhibited to expelled students 

limits of 
Process of courts, evasion of, punishable 
Proctor shall give bond and security 

be removed unless proper bond be given 

his duties _ ]3 

shall be master of Police — 

inspector of buildings, See. — 

report injuries to dormitories, &.c. to Chairman — 

cause cleanliness to be ? reserved — 

prevent violations of the laws and trespasses, Stc. — 
superintend all buildings 1 4 

issue his warrants to Bursar to reeeive monies — 

open an account against Bursar — 

keep an account of all monies paid to Patron by 

the students 

his compensation 15 

to assign dormitories to hotels 44 

shall be subject to control of the Chairman 9 

shall inspect dormitories 42 

shall report to Chairman 

shall inspect tenements weekly 4S 

to give information of duelling to civil magistrate 40 

to superintend hotels and inspect tables 45 

to kck-p drains free 42 

Professorships, number of 28 

Professors, number of 4 

Proficiency, certificate of, when granted S3 

Property, damage to, how repaired 43 

Punishments major or minor 40 

their compensation __ 

to report offences to Chiirraaa 10 

their compensation H 

may occupy dormitories, &c. 

shall reside in the Universitf 



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Professors shall engage in no other pursuits of emolument 

shall have free use of books 55 

to discover and prevent oflences ' 38 

respect to. enjoined 

salary of, reduction of, fiorn what lime (o operate 12 

resignations of, how made — 

Q 

Q,ualification for admission into the ichool of mathematics, 

and Natural Philosophy 80 

R 

Receipt to be given to student 17 

Receipts, accounts of, to be kept by Patron 

Rector to be appointed 8 

and Visitors to be a body corporate 5 

Religious sects, regulations respecting schools of 29 

Rent of dormitories, &c. 47 

when to be refunded 

Report, consolidated, to be made to Visitors 29 

divisions of _. 

Reports, weekly, to be made to Chairman 27 

Residence, expenses, Sic. 44 
Residence of non-resident students to be registered by Proctor 45 

Resignations, how made 12 

Riotous, disorderly and intemperate conduct, how punished S9 

Roll to be called at mee'ing of each school 37 

Rooms to bo put in order by sunrise 42 



Salary, reduction of, from what time to operate IJ 

Schools, how long to be held 25 

School of Antient languages 23 

of Modern languages 

of Mathematics — 

of Nat. Philosophy — 

of Chemistry and Materia Medica 2^ 

of Medicine 

of Moral Philosophy — 
of Law «— 
Science, branches of, taught S 
Secretary to be appointed to Board of Visitors .. 
to the Faculty 10 
his compensation — 
Seminaries, students of other, the terms of admission 30 
Servants of students prohibited in precincts S3 
Session, commencement and termination of 29 
Strangers may be admitted into Library 6$ 
Students, expelled, suspended or dismissed, not to be admit- 
ted into dormitories 41 
■UBpended, not to reside within five mile* of the Uni- 



G8 

veraity 41 

Studtnts. dismissed, interdicted from precincts . — 

of other seminaries, terms of admission of 50 

appearing marked or disguised, how punished 89 

not to board out of the University 44 

except. Sec. — 

expelled, inhibited the precincts 40 

to rise, when 42 

Student may attend school of his choice SO 

if under 21, shull attend three Professors — 

not to enter for less than a whole session — 

to be furnished with copy of laws — 

shall sign his name in a book — 
when expelled. Sec. shall receive the balancs in 

hands of the Patron, &c. 17 

non-resident, to pay tuition fees, &c. to Patron — 

when authorised to change his hotel and dormitory 45 



Tables to be inspected by Proctor 45 

Taverns and confectionaries, visits to, prohibited 87 

Teachers out of the University, not to be attended 

Tenements to be inspected weekly 43 

extent of Hotel-keepers' . — 

Testimony to be voluntary 40 

Themes to be prescribed 57 

Tobacco, use of, in school prohibited 8S 

Tuition fees paid upon warrant of Proctor 16 

Tutors may be employed 25 

Tutor in Modern languages, how appointed 

his duties — . 

U 

University, act for establishing j 

on the site, for Central College _ 

seven Visitors to be appointed for the 

branches of science taught in 

to be visited by a majority of Visitors once a year i 

Executive lo loan arms for use of 7 

books and maps given to the 

Uniform prescribed 50 

model of 51 

to be strictly enforced — _ 

punishment for vioktion of 87 



Vacancies among Visitors, how supplied S 

in office of Proctor during recess, how filled IS 

of Patron during recess, how filled 15 

Violations of laws, &.c. to be prevented 1$ 

Visitors, seven, to be appointed by the Executive S 

•mpowered to appoint a Rector and Secretary — 



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Tisitors other duties to be performed by 

tlieir meetings to be held on first Mondnys of April 

and October 

stated to be held at least once a year as 
they shall prescribe 
vacancies among them,|hou' supplied 
to be a body corporate 
powers as such 

to be governed by-laws enacted by tiie Legislature 
shall report to the P. and D. of Literary Fund 
majority of, to visit tlie University once a year 
appointments of, to be made every 29th February 
when to report 

failure to perform duties of office, regulations concern- 
ing 
authorised to appoint Rector pro tempore 
may attend anyrschool as inspectors and judges 

W 

Washing may be^done by another, when 
Warrants to be issued by Proctor to Bursar 
Weapons excluded from school 
Weekly reports, formula of 
Wood-yard to be provided 
Work-shops to be provided 



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Page 33, line 14 — Insert after ' it' the words' is or.' 
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